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BSG #19: Jaysus! / The Trespasser

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Episode TOC

1:50 Introduction - Experience with mysteries!
9:32 - Goodreads Summary
12:08 - How damn Irish is this book? 
18:39 - What makes this a straight-up mystery novel? The great genre debate
23:20 - Interrogations & dialogue
26:00 - Subverting conventions / Aislinn’s revenge
29:26 - Whodunnit and why? (SPOILERS)
30:53 - Aislinn’s stupid plan
33:30 - Women in mysteries & The Trespasser
35:34 - Sexism & Antoinette’s anger
37:35 - Antoinette vs Aislinn
40:45 - Antoinette’s Da; men are terrible
43:35 - Is The Trespasser “literary?” What does that even mean?
- The Washington Post review
47:19 - Poetry sidebar
49:45 - Ratings
55:06 - Tough cop talk
55:20 - Scheduled Emily Recommends Corner
Jessica Woodbury’s Tana French reading order
1:02:53 - Listener feedback, The Leftovers
1:11:38 - Our next othersode is ACTUALLY Sharp Objects!
1:13:55 - What’s on the blog? YA Paradise, SYTYCD and AYTO recaps, and more!

Our next book is Fledgling by Octavia Butler. Episode drops Monday, October 8th!