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Fruit Fly by Josh Silver (opens the original)
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This month, Ian, Bev, and Alo discuss Fruit Fly by Josh Silver, a sharp, darkly funny, and deeply unsettling satirical thriller about identity, ambition, desire, and the strange ways people reinvent themselves. In this episode, we unpack Silver’s wildly inventive novel, from its slippery characters and dual perspectives to its biting take on the art world, privilege, and the stories we tell about ourselves. We talk about what makes Fruit Fly so difficult to pin down—and why its mix of satire, su
Taiwan Traveloge by Yang Shuang-zi - 2026 International Booker Prize Winner (opens the original)
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This month, Ian, Bev, and Alo discuss Taiwan Travelogue by Yang Shuang-zi, the winner of the 2026 International Booker Prize . Blending food, travel, history, and colonial politics, this richly layered novel invites readers on a journey through 1930s Taiwan, where every meal tells a story and every encounter reveals the complexities of identity, power, and belonging. In this episode, we unpack the novel's meditation on culture and colonialism, and discuss why this quietly ambitious work resonate
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