Chad, Brian, and Kaija venture into the darkness and turn off the light on Melville’sÌýThe Confidence-Man: His Masquerade, one of the oddest, most slippery books to be included in the Two Month Review. They talk about transcendentalism, self-reliance, Melville’s interludes, Jean Giono’sÌý, and more.

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Next episode will cover pages 1-61 of Rodrigo Fresán’s .ÌýYou can find the full reading schedule here.

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Opening with a couple of rants, this week’s podcast is spicy and also tries to make sense of a few of the more perplexing parts of the book. There’s a wonderful interlude in this section from the narrator themselves, and, apparently, nine jokes? And a magic trick involving coins. You’ll have to listen to understand.

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This week’s music is “” by Phantogram.

Next episode will cover all of of .ÌýYou can find the full reading schedule here.

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“Grifters Gonna Grift” merchandise coming soon! This episode exposes just how useful footnotes can be as we transition from dusk to darkness, with the confidence-men being replaced by the Cosmopolitan. Under Discussion: The WWE, how nothing ever changes, the New Adam, land ownership, stripping people of their “humanity,” cognative fallacies, peace pipes, and more.

This week’s music is “” by Car Seat Headrest.

Next episode will cover Chapters 27-38 of .ÌýYou can find the full reading schedule here.

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Chad and Kaija go it alone this week, talking about some of the more uncomfortable parts of the book to read in 2024, the Goneril story and the “evil touch,” how almost every beat in this novel has a counterpart, the wonderful authorial intrusion discussing the “consistency” of characters, and, with glee in their hearts, the Herb-Doctor.

This week’s music is “” by Jerome Blazé.

Next episode will cover Chapters 20-26 of .ÌýYou can find the full reading schedule here.

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This week’s music is “” by Japandroids.

Next episode will cover Chapters 10-19 ofÌýThe Confidence-Man.ÌýYou can find the full reading schedule here.

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