Ep 171 - Mr. Peanut, by Adam Ross

Overdue

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Craig Getting, Arts, Books, Podcasts, Literature, Comedy, Andrew Cunningham

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 11 April 2016

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Summary

Adam Ross’ Mr. Peanut is a novel about marriage and murder with a warped sense of time and reality, but it’s also a book where the whole is a bit less than the sum of its parts. Individual threads have interesting things to say about marriage and interpersonal relationships, but these threads don’t quite form into a cohesive whole.

We also chat a bit about our own marriages (including Craig’s, which is hot-off-the-presses), Timbits, and how we feel when authors tell readers how clever their work is instead of just showing us.

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0:00.0	This is a headgun podcast.
0:06.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well-told
0:10.3	tale, they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:16.5	Plus these are books you should have read by now.
0:30.0	But now Craig is my Aries.
0:44.5	Hello everyone.
0:46.1	Welcome to Overdo.
0:47.1	This is a podcast about the books that you've been meaning to read.
0:48.8	My name is Craig.
0:49.8	My name is Andrew.
0:50.8	And we're back at Dinosaur Story.
0:54.8	Craig got married two days ago.
0:56.9	That's true.
0:57.9	It's 11.30 on a Monday.
1:01.4	If you're listening to this on Monday, the 11th, know that this episode is hot off the
1:06.0	presses.
1:07.0	Yeah, hot and fresh just for you.
1:08.5	Uh-huh.
1:09.5	We never see a crispy cream when they're like cooking the donuts in there and they have
1:13.6	the neon sign turned on so you know you can go on there and get a fresh donut.
1:17.1	Mmm, fresh donut.
1:18.1	That's a very like Midwest specific reference I think.
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