Ep 335 - Pale Fire, by Vladimir Nabokov (w/ guest Sophie Brookover)

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

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🗓️ 31 December 2018

⏱️ 69 minutes

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This week we're joined by friend of the show (and one half of the hit newsletter Two Bossy Dames) Sophie Brookover to talk about Vladimir Nabokov's epic literary troll novel Pale Fire. The author may be dead and the reader is most certainly bad, but that doesn't mean we can't have a great time talking about Vera Nabokov, John Shade stans, and botched assassination attempts.

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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	Andrew, should I just dive in?
0:43.9	What do you want to do?
0:45.9	I mean, 2018 is almost over.
0:47.8	We can talk about that.
0:49.1	We couldn't talk about that.
0:50.6	Tomorrow when this goes up, that will be the last day of it, the Dregs of the Year.
0:55.7	Get all your 2018 dreams in today.
0:59.2	You didn't back or tomorrow.
1:02.6	Welcome to Overdoot.
1:04.6	It's a podcast about the books you've been meaning to read.
1:07.2	My name is Craig.
1:08.2	My name is Andrew.
1:09.2	And we have a special guest whose name is?
1:12.5	It's me, Sophie.
1:13.5	Hey, Sophie, what's going on?
1:15.4	Hi, friends.
1:16.4	I'm good.
1:17.4	How are you doing?
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