Summary: <p>Join David Kern and guest Levi Stahl (marketing director for University of Chicago Press and a wonderful books-based Twitter follow) for a conversation about some great summer reads. They start by chatting about what makes for a good summer read, then dive in to their own lists.</p><br><p><u>Here are some of the books discussed on this show: </u></p><br><p>A Month in the Country, by J. L. Carr</p><p>Novels and stories by Craig Rice</p><p>Dorothy Dunnett's House of Niccolo series, Lymond Chronicles, and King Hereafter</p><p>The Canterbury Tales</p><p>The Country of the Pointed Firs, Sarah Orne Jewett</p><p>David Epstein's <em>Range: Why Generalists Triumph in a Specialized World</em></p><p>A.E. Stallings' “Like”</p><p>Eric Ambler's <em>Journey into Fear</em></p><p><em>P.G. Wodehouse's Carry on Jeeves</em></p><p>Wallace Stegner's Crossing to Safety</p><br><hr><p style="color:grey;font-size:0.75em;"> See <a style="color:grey;" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" href="https://acast.com/privacy">acast.com/privacy</a> for privacy and opt-out information.</p>
