Ep 671 - The English Patient, by Michael Ondaatje

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

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🗓️ 30 September 2024

⏱️ 71 minutes

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Summary

Four wounded souls try to endure the end of WW2 in a bombed out Tuscan monastery. Ondaatje's novel digs into these liminal lives as they project themselves onto the blank slate that is [dramatic music] the English patient.

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0:00.0	This is a headgum podcast.
0:04.0	While Andrew and Craig believe the joy of discovery is crucial to enjoying any well told tale,
0:11.0	they will not shy away from spoiling specific story beats when necessary.
0:15.6	Plus these are books you should have read by now. Oh, uh, uh,
0:24.0	uh,
0:25.0	uh,
0:26.0	uh,
0:27.0	uh,
0:28.0	uh,
0:29.0	uh...
0:31.0	uh... Hey everybody welcome to Overdo it's a podcast about the books you've been
0:47.2	meaning to read my name is Craig my name is Andrew in it governor you really want to get this episode over quickly don't you?
0:56.5	You're your English and you're impatient aren't you? That's right brove.
1:03.0	Chip chip. That's right, bro, right, brove. Chip, fish and chips,
1:06.0	on this podcast, one of us reads a book
1:10.0	and tells the other person about it.
1:12.0	And this week Craig read, what'd you read Craig?
1:14.6	I read the English patient by Michael and Dage.
1:20.8	Pip Cheerio, the English patient.
1:23.0	It's, there is a guy that people refer to as English in this book.
1:29.0	Yeah, he's, yes.
1:31.0	It's a key part of the book, whether or not he is English.
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