Does Joe Nesbo always know the ending of his books before he starts?

He'll join us to talk about his latest novel, The Kingdom, and I promise new spoilers.

How do you capture the long and incredibly accomplished life of Eleanor Roosevelt in a

single-volume biography?

David McAillous will be here to discuss his latest book, Eleanor.

Alexander Altar will have an update from the publishing world, plus we'll talk about

what we and the wider world are reading.

This is the Book Review Podcast from The New York Times.

It's December 11th.

I'm Pamela Paul.

Joe Nesbo joins us now from Oslo.

His new book is called The Kingdom.

Joe, thanks for being here.

Thanks for having me.

I want to say something upfront to our listeners who come from around the world, because I

can hear some of you saying it's You Nesbo, and they're going to say that it's Harry

Hula, but Joe's dad actually grew up in Brooklyn and Joe correct me if I'm wrong.

You grew up being called Joe at home, correct?

Yeah, at least he called me Joe.

Okay, so we are pronouncing it the American way with awareness, even though I did practice

the Norwegian.

You did well.

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