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So today is Sunday and as such it is time for a new Character Studies episode. Character Studies episodes feature conversations with civilians who appear anonymously on this program to talk with me about their lives.

My guest today is a 36-year-old graduate student from Central New Jersey named John,

and we had a great talk.

So that is coming up.

Today's episode is brought to you by Harper Books, publisher of So Far Gone, the new novel by Jess Walter. So far gone is the official June pick of the Other People book club. That's my book club. If you want to sign up, just go to other ppl.com, get a new book delivered to your door every 30 days.

I interview book club authors on this show, so it makes for a holistic and enriching literary

experience. So far gone is about Reese Kinnick. He's gone off the grid. His grandkids are in trouble. He's estranged

or has been estranged from his family. He's got a bit of a temper. He's a former journalist.

And now he is trying to find his grandkids and his daughter with the help of his caustic ex-girlfriend,

a bipolar retired detective, and his only friend who happens to be furious with him,

so far gone as a rollicking, razor-sharp, and moving road trip through a fractured nation

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