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Criminal

The Gatekeeper

Criminal

Vox Media Podcast Network

Society & Culture, True Crime

4.739.4K Ratings

🗓️ 22 September 2017

⏱️ 27 minutes

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Summary

"I keep saying 'where's the body? Kill someone,'" Marilyn Stasio told us. She reads at least 200 crime novels a year to determine which are worthy of her prestigious "Crime Column" in the New York Times Book Review. We talk with her about crime as entertainment - and why people are so addicted to the genre that she can't stay away from: "My fingers just itch when I see something that's says 'murder.'" You can find more of Marilyn Stasio's thoughts on crime fiction in her column. Say hello on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. Sign up for our occasional newsletter, The Accomplice. Follow the show and review us on Apple Podcasts: iTunes.com/CriminalShow. We also make This is Love and Phoebe Reads a Mystery. Artwork by Julienne Alexander. Check out our online shop.  Episode transcripts are posted on our website. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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1:00.0

I will never read a normal novel I just can't I won't I mean I keep saying you know where's the body

1:14.0

Kill someone let's get out of here.

1:15.0

Let's move this along.

1:17.0

Marilyn Stasio has probably read more crime novels than anyone in the world. She's tiny and

1:25.7

unpretentious with a short white bob and not much patience for chit-chat. Since 1988

1:32.3

she's been the gatekeeper of crime fiction with her twice-monthly

1:36.3

column in the New York Times Book Review.

1:39.2

How do you deal with unnecessary or superfluous violence?

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