The End of the Affair: Book 2

Close Reads Podcast

Goldberry Studios

Arts, Books

4.4 • 823 Ratings

🗓️ 13 May 2020

⏱️ 79 minutes

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In this week's episode, David, Heidi, and Tim discuss the likability (or lack thereof) of Maurice Bendrix, the protagonist of The End of the Affair; the way the book demands empathy from its reader; Green's consideration of sex, lust, and sin; and much more, of course.

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0:00.0	Hey, everybody, David Kern here. Before we get to today's show, I want to let you know about
0:04.6	some great books that you might be interested in. If you would love to read classic literature
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0:18.7	option for you. In that series, she navigates through the
0:21.1	pitfalls that trap readers today and shows you how to read those books in light of the gospel into the
0:25.2	glory of God. Since Insensibility and Heart of Darkness are available wherever books are sold right now,
0:30.1	with the other books in the series coming in the spring and fall of 2021. You can learn more at
0:34.1	bhpublishinggroup.com slash classics. That's bhp Publishinggroup.com slash classics, or you can get copies of those books
0:41.7	wherever books are sold.
0:45.0	Hello and welcome back to Close Reeds here on the Close Reads Podcast Network.
0:48.3	I'm David Kern, and as always, I'm joined by my old friends.
0:52.2	Heidi White, Tim McIntosh.
0:53.4	Heidi and Tim, welcome back to the show.
0:55.6	Thanks, David.
0:57.2	We are here to discuss Graham Green's The End of the Affair.
1:00.7	We talked about Book 1 last week, and we're on to Book 2 this week.
1:03.8	Before we dive into that, though, I think we're going to have plenty of interesting conversation.
1:07.7	There's lots to talk about here. But of course, before we do that, I want to let people
1:11.0	know how they can join that conversation. If you head over to the Facebook page, well, it's really a
1:15.9	Facebook group. It's not really a page, but if you go to Facebook's page, like the big page,
1:21.1	the Facebook.com, then you can search the Close Reads podcast discussion group in the search bar.
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