Ep 318 - The Walking Drum, by Louis L'Amour

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 10 September 2018

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Louis L'Amour's The Walking Drum, a historical novel set circa the 12th century in Europe and the Middle East, is less concerned with being an adventure story and more concerned with telling the reader about worlds that are different from their own. Mathurin Kerbouchard isn't always the most complex character, but the things he learns, the places he goes, and the people he meets all come together to form a novel that evokes American Westerns but is set far away from the American West.

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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	Come with me and you'll be in a world.
0:50.4	Some imagination you will find.
0:56.2	I don't think so.
1:13.0	My name is Andrew.
1:15.0	I just had a thought that this week you're going to tell me a story or tell me a story about a story that takes place in a time that's like sort along far away in different lands that I've ever lived in.
1:33.0	I just wanted to honor that emotional state.
1:41.0	So what you're saying is anybody who's ever lived in like Spain or Istanbul is living in a land of pure imagination where nothing is real enough.
1:51.0	That's good, good, good dick.
1:53.0	I am saying that I have to use my imagination to go there because I have been to Europe twice. I went to London and Amsterdam. They were great.
2:03.0	I had a good time.
2:05.0	Not the same trip to Sepertrips.
2:07.0	And I've never been west of central time.
2:11.0	So what I'm saying is that I am not a very traveled traveler.
2:19.0	I've never been to Pacific time.
2:21.0	I've been all over Pacific time.
2:25.0	I've experienced all the seconds and minutes.
2:29.0	I've been over there a lot.
2:31.0	Yeah, well that's one of the different places.
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