Anna and Geoff react to the Pulitzer Prize for
Fiction winner, ANGEL
DOWN by Daniel Kraus, a World War 1 novel written in one
sentence. We also discuss Dwight Garner's
New York Times article about the lack of book critics and our
views on book influencers and reviews that make news, such as the
Harper’s
review of To Paradise by Hana Yanagihara.
Our book of the week is
TRANSCRIPTION by Ben Lerner. This novel about a writer who
writes an article about his mentor from his memory of their
interview after dropping his phone in a sink tackles issues such as
phone addiction, parenting and eating disorders. It was a Telegraph
‘most anticipated book of 2026’ and a New York Times ‘book everyone
will be talking about’. Recommended for book clubs.