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‘The Trees’ by Percival Everett Book Review + Q&A

‘The Trees’ by Percival Everett Book Review + Q&A
‘The Trees’ by Percival Everett Book Review
‘The Trees’ by Percival Everett
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About the episode

Jeselnik Book Club’s review of The Trees, written by Percival Everett. Anthony takes you through the novel’s bizarre string of murders in Money, Mississippi, and discusses how Everett blends mystery, horror, and dark comedy to confront America’s history of racial violence. After the recap, Anthony turns to the mailbag to answer questions from listeners.

Email me your thoughts/questions about our next book club selection, The Friend, by November 24 at JeselnikBookClub@gmail.com

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Host: Anthony Jeselnik
Supervising Producer: Magdalena Munao
Creative Producer: Daniel Comer
Technical Director: Trevor Rabone
Set Design: Jonathan Ratliff and Gitu Mehra
Editor: Matt Pevic
Additional Production Supervision: Jack Wilson

Summary

  • 0:01

    Open

  • 0:40

    Book background and Emmett Till history

  • 6:40

    Recap begins

  • 33:30

    Mailbag!

  • 1:04:10

    November’s book: The Friend by Sigrid Nunez

  • 1:06:40

    Next week: Dungeon Crawler Carl with Mallory Rubin