Hey everyone. Once upon a time there was a spy, sorry, let's back up.

Once there was a French Canadian woman who had bad luck with several men for half a book,

so she went on a road trip through the United States and started working on a motel under a shady set of employers.

Then some insurance men started intimidating her, and then there was a spy.

Today we roast The Spy Who Loved Me by Ian Fleming.

And this is The Book Pile, a podcast about the best of books and the worst of books, like today.

If this is your first time to the podcast, welcome.

We've discussed over 200 other books in previous episodes so there's something for everyone

fiction from harry potter to the three body problem to charlie and the chocolate factory nonfiction

from atomic habits to a room of one's own and plenty of books we've roasted from the twilight

series to charlie and the Great Glass Elevator.

I'm Kellan Erskine.

I'm a comic, a father, and this is only the second James Bond novel I've ever read.

And before this, I wasn't planning on trying a third. But this book does make me want to read at least one more that isn't a weird experiment.

Yeah, this is your second James Bond book, and it does not have James Bond.

And I'm David Vance, here to ask if the James Bond books are just a little too woke.

If Bond's not trying to repeal the 19th Amendment, I go full Joseph McCarthy.

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Then I'm going to be in Alaska. December, I'm going to Des Moines, then beginning of 2025, San Antonio, Fort Worth, Houston, Austin.

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