Writer David Leo Rice joined me to talk about his wildly imaginative and startlingly resonant new book THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION—along the way we discuss the deep meaning of the A-Bomb, the status of the American Dream, and how David came to be so freaking productive.

Buy David’s latest book THE SQUIMBOP CONDITION out now from 11:11 Press.

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How DeLillo renders visible the invisible, the forces of history, conspiracy theory as literature, and the Discordian weirdness of the JFK assassination.

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I joined Glen Rockney on his monumental Gain of Fiction bookclub show to talk about Don DeLillo’s 1988 pseudohistorical masterpiece LIBRA—arguably THE novel about the JFK assassination.

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Jack BC of the great books podcast Bookclub from Hell joins me to discuss his exceptional work of corporate surrealism, TOWER and the origins of Bookclub from Hell, as well as the legacy of literary realism, the exquisite weirdness of JG Ballard, and much much more.

Jack’s podcast: https://www.bookclubfromhell.com/,https://x.com/bookclubhell666
Buy TOWER: https://www.amazon.com/Tower-Jack-BC/dp/0645928208

Follow Jack: https://substack.com/@jackbc

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