Ep 366 - Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, by Susanna Clarke

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

4.6 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 8 July 2019

⏱️ 63 minutes

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Summary

"What if the Napoleonic Wars but with magic?" is a great elevator pitch for Susanna Clark's sprawling novel, but it only scratches the surface of what Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell has to offer. Footnotes, Farnums, and factoids abound in this fun work of historical/alternate fiction.

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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	We just, it's funny that we finished reading the Odyssey because it took you like a full
0:46.6	day to get home.
0:51.0	Oh!
0:52.0	Airports are a mistake, I think.
0:55.0	Why do we use planes if we're not going to use them properly?
0:59.9	Is my question.
1:00.9	Why can't they make the planes run on time?
1:02.7	Why can't they make the planes run on time, Andrew?
1:07.6	So you're going to fly into Philadelphia from Denver and you ended up having to fly somewhere
1:13.3	in New England and drive down?
1:15.4	Yes.
1:16.4	Okay, well going to overdo it.
1:17.4	It's a podcast about the books you would mean to read.
1:18.9	My name is Craig.
1:19.9	My name is Andrew.
1:20.9	I love to tell you about Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrow by Susanna Clark, which I did
1:25.0	read and I am going to talk about later.
1:26.6	But first, I need to know why.
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