A Passage to Colonialism
E.M. Forster’s 1924 novel A Passage to India is Jay’s pick this week for his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language. The nuance and opacity of this unflinching look at interperson...
21 Apr 47min
The Continuing Relevance of LORD OF THE FLIES
Jay kicks off Season 3 of Between the Sheets with William Golding’s 1954 novel about boys stranded on a remote island, and their collective and individual responses to their situation. The novel’s the...
14 Apr 43min
Who is Really the Monster in Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein?
In the final episode of Season 2, Jay names Mary Shelley’s 19th century gothic-horror novel FRANKENSTEIN to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language, and Chaos Reader checks in ...
10 Feb 47min
I want, I want, I want… to read Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow’s comic, yet philosophical novel Henderson the Rain King is Jay’s most lovable novel this week for his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language. Henderson’s mid-life cri...
3 Feb 42min
That Epic Book By That One New Jersey Guy
Jay’s lovable novel this episode is AMERICAN PASTORAL by Philip Roth, in which the hero, Seymour “Swede” Levov, struggles to understand his life in late 20th century America, and how the 1960s still ...
27 Jan 49min
Postmodern Suspense in The Crying of Lot 49
Jay makes his case that The Crying of Lot 49 is the most lovable of Thomas Pynchon’s novels as he dives into the plot of the 1966 conspiracy-theory, suspenseful novel. (It’s also Pynchon’s shortest no...
20 Jan 42min
The Black Comedy of A Clockwork Orange
This week, Jay’s pick is the 1962 novel by Anthony Burgess, A Clockwork Orange, which focuses on a violent teen subculture and a dystopian society’s attempt at reformation. Chaos Reader updates her pr...
13 Jan 44min
Tess of the D’Urbervilles: Hardy’s Take on 19th Century Values
Jay’s entry this week to his list of the 100 Most Lovable Novels in the English Language is Thomas Hardy’s 1892 novel Tess of the D’Urbervilles, and it raises issues 21st century readers are still gra...
6 Jan 48min
