Jeselnik Book Club

‘Brut’ by Sam Tallent, With Patton Oswalt

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Anthony Jeselnik

About the episode

Anthony is joined by comedian and voracious reader Patton Oswalt to talk Brut by Sam Tallent, a novel about a hitman “forced to take an impossible job.” They also discuss some of Patton’s favorite books, a former boss who HATED bananas, the future of reading, novels written with movie adaptations in mind, and more.

Email me your thoughts/questions about our next book club selection, The Trees, by October 26 at JeselnikBookClub@gmail.com.

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Host: Anthony Jeselnik
Guest: Patton Oswalt
Supervising Producer: Magdalena Munao
Talent Booker: Paige Garbarini
Creative Producer: Daniel Comer
Technical Director: Chris Wohlers
Set Design: Jonathan Ratliff and Gitu Mehra
Editor: Matt Pevic
Social: Keith Fujimoto
Additional Production Supervision: Jack Wilson

Summary

0:01
Open
1:18
Introduction: Detroit, Comedians, Reading
6:53
Chapter 1: Patton Oswalt, Reader
14:48
Chapter 2: Brut by Sam Tallent
36:50
Chapter 3: Jeselnik Book Club Gauntlet
49:39
Acknowledgments: Patton’s Gift and Small Press Publishing
53:16
To Be Continued: Isaac Fitzgerald on His Memoir, American Rambler: Walking the Trail of Johnny Appleseed