Ken Follett's Case for Long Novels

The Gist

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🗓️ 16 September 2014

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Today on The Gist, Riveted author Jim Davies explains the cognitive science behind what we find compelling. Plus, author Ken Follett explains his methods for holding interest through thousand-plus-page novels. His latest is Edge of Eternity. In both of our interviews today, Mike asks a question inspired by Alex Blumberg's new podcast StartUp. For the Spiel, Mike explores the history of the culture wars in America. Get The Gist by email as soon as it's available: slate.com/GistEmail Subscribe to the podcast in iTunes: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/slate…id873667927?mt=2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:23.0	plus hundreds of prizes curated by Kate Moss.
0:26.0	From a Paxen store, 18 plus T's and C's visit Coke.co.uk slash break.
0:33.0	It's Tuesday, September 16th, 2014 from Slate.
0:37.0	It's the GIST I'm Mike Pesca.
0:39.0	So I was reading a review of Joshua Ferris' new book to rise again
0:42.0	at a decent hour.
0:43.0	Good review is a great writer.
0:45.0	And I noted that he was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize.
0:48.0	The famous British literary award could also go to people who write
0:53.0	in a Commonwealth country, but now it's open to Americans.
0:56.0	And in fact, another US writer, Karen Joy Fowler, her book,
1:00.0	we are all completely beside ourselves, has also been nominated.
1:05.0	These titles are long.
1:07.0	I know it's a short list, but these are long titles.
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