Three Percent #116: Why Is Tom in Providence?

After an extended hiatus, Chad and Tom are back to discuss a slew of things that happened over the past couple months. These include Book Marks, what’s going to happen to B&N, and Tim Parks’s article on The Vegetarian. They also talk about some books they’ve read recently—including Zero K, which neither of them liked—before ending with a major announcement from Tom.

It’s worth mentioned that Alex Shephard wrote a couple of the articles discussed on this podcast, including one on Book Marks and one on B&N.

Also worth noting that there’s a glaring lack of sports talk in this podcast. A

Here are the books discussed this week:

I Love Dick by Chris Krause

The Motel Life by Willy Vlautin

Thus Bad Begins by Javier Marías

The Transmigration of Bodies by Yuri Herrera

The Island of Point Nemo by Jean-Marie Blas de Roblés

The Talented Mr. Ripley by Patricia Highsmith

Screamin’ Jay Hawkins’ All-Time Greatest Hits by Mark Binelli

Zero K by Don DeLillo

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