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The Book Case

Sarah Langan Crafts a Dystopian Mystery Thriller

The Book Case

ABC News

Fiction, Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.1766 Ratings

🗓️ 13 June 2024

⏱️ 33 minutes

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Summary

Want a great summer read? We have it. A Better Place by Sarah Langan is a page turning mystery/thriller….like if The Stepford Wives met Shirley Jackson in The Lottery. The story is original, the characters are well written, and the mysteries presented will baffle you as they unfold. It’s a terrific ride. We also talk also talk to John Mendelson, president of Nosy Crow Books, an independent publishing house for kids, who took the entire bike trail laid out by our Massachusetts guests from last week at Whitelam Books. Why did he do it, and how? Tune in and find out. Books mentioned in this week's episode: A Better World by Sarah Langan Good Neighbors by Sarah Langan Audrey’s Door by Sarah Langan The Keeper by Sarah Langan The Missing by Sarah Langan The Lottery by Shirley Jackson The Stepford Wives by Ira Levin My Antonia by Willa Cather House of Leaves by Mark. Z. Danielewski The House of Last Resort by Christopher Golden A Head Full of Ghosts by Paul Tremblay Rum Punch by Elmore Leonard The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins A Horse Called Now by Ruth Doyle and Alexandra Finkeldey Dig, Dig, Dinosaur by Anjali Goswami and Maggie Li Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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You know what that music means.

0:41.8

It's Thursday.

0:43.0

It's the bookcase with Kate and Charlie Gibson.

0:45.0

And that was my best impression of our theme music.

0:47.7

I am Kate Gibson and you are very glad I'm not a singer.

0:50.8

And I'm Charlie Gibson.

0:52.2

And it's hard music to, it's it's, it's kind of electronic.

0:56.3

I like the music. Anyway, I'm welcome you as well. Charlie Gibson here. We've been doing this now

1:03.5

for more than two years and we still awkwardly get into each show. We've got a book today,

1:09.0

which Kate and I called each other and said,

1:11.5

you've got to read this. Really interesting. I don't know what it is. It's called A Better World.

1:18.2

Sarah Langen is the author. She's a wonderful talker, as you'll find out. But we were confused

1:24.1

as to how you sort of categorized this book. At different times,

1:28.6

as I began it, I thought it was one thing when I finished it. I thought it was another.

1:32.6

What did you think, Kate? When I started it, I thought to myself, oh, this is going to be a

1:36.4

great sort of dystopian mystery where I'm constantly trying to figure out what's going on,

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