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As a special bonus episode, both Rodrigo Fresán and Will Vanderhyden joined Chad and Brian to talk aboutÌýThe Invented PartÌýas a whole, the first season of the Two Month Review, what’s next in the trilogy, technology’s revenge on Rodrigo, David Lynch, and,Ìýhow to write jacket copy.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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We did it! After two months, eleven episodes, and a half dozen different guests, Brian and Chad finished their discussion of Rodrigo Fresán’s The Invented Part! Joining them this week to wrap things up is Valerie Miles, translator, publisher, co-founder ofÌýGranta en Español, and editor ofÌý. She’s also friends with Rodrigo and offers amazing insight into this wild, stuffed chapter in which we return to the beginning (“How to end. Or better: How to end?”) while The Writer flies through the skies, revisiting all the rants he made at a recent conference, and the spectacular attack from his archnemesis IKEA. There’s a lot more to this section though—especially how it relates to the structure of the overall book.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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It’s another 2MR review with just Chad and Brian! Similar to the previousÌýguest-less episode, this one goes a bit off the rails . . . Although this time around it gets a lot darker, as they talk about Chekov,ÌýGirl, Night, Swimming Pool, Etc., a scream descending from the skies, John Cheever’s writing prompt, and much much more.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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On this week’s Two Month Review, Tom Roberge from Riffraff and the Three Percent Podcast joins Chad and Brian talk aboutÌý2001: A Space Odyssey, Pink Floyd, potential errors and non-errors, cultural touchstones that serve to define friendships, the overall structure of this chapter ofÌýThe Invented Part, and Tom’s experience coming on the podcast having readÌýonlyÌýthese forty pages of the novel. And, as per usual, Chad sneaks in a fewÌýTwin PeaksÌýreferences.

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On this week’s Two Month Review, Chad and Brian talk about F. Scott Fitzgerald andÌýTender Is the Night, puzzles, how to properly introduce the show, the Modern Library list ofÌý, Booth Tarkington, and much more more.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week, Jonathan Lethem (Motherless Brooklyn,ÌýChronic City) joins Chad and Brian to talk about The Writer’s trip to a hospital, where he assumes something horrible is happening, which is countered by a gushing forth of new story ideas. Jonathan tells of his own experience coming up with one of his most famous books while recovering from an operation, tells of how he first met and bonded with Rodrigo Fresán, and talks aboutÌýBelieveniks!. This is a really meaty, fascinating episode about being a writer, mortality, Fresán’s incredible talent, and much more.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week,ÌýÌýfounder and Best Translated Book Award judge Rachel Cordasco joins Chad and Brian to talk about the nature of time, deals with the devil, conflagrations, and writerly desires, or, in other words, the third part of “The Place Where the Sea Ends So the Forest Can Begin” in Rodrigo Fresán’sÌýThe Invented Part. A very elegant section of the book following the wild, giant green cow bit that came before, the three hosts enthusiastically break down some of the plot clues included in this section, and what makes this bookÌýsoÌýdamn good. (Stay till the very end to hear Rachel’s enthusiasm take her over!)

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week’s episode is all about Penelope and her experiences with the Karmas. (And a Big Green Cow.) A lot of theÌýOdyssey,ÌýWuthering Heights, and William Burroughs are in this section, which is hilariously dissected by Brian, Chad, and their guest, Tom Flynn, the manager ofÌýÌýin Chicago. One of the funniest–and most free-flowing, almost beat-like–sections of the book to date, this section explains a lot of the causes for Penelope’s madness, while parodying an ultra-rich family of backstabbing, self-involved, frustratingly funny characters–many of whom make great material for a novel . . .

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week, author and journalistÌýÌýjoins Chad and Brian to discuss the first part of the second section of Rodrigo Fresán’sÌýThe Invented Part. In “The Place Where the Seas Ends So the Forest Can Begin,” we meet The Young Man and The Young Woman, who are making a movie about The Writer after his disappearance/death/whatever. From discussion of “irreal realism” to writing classes to the idea of a sitcom about writers, this week’s discussion delights in The Writer’s ideas about writing and reading, and the hints this chapter contains about the rest of the book.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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This week, Jeremy Garber fromÌýÌýjoins Chad and Brian to discuss the first section of Rodrigo Fresán’sÌýThe Invented Part. This section, entitled “The Real Character,” introduces us to the main character of the book–known here as The Boy, and later as The Writer–as well as some of the major themes of the novel. Wide-ranging and very fun, the discussion touches on The Boy’s epic list of thoughts and ideas (such as “It Jell-O animal, vegetal, mineral, or interplanetary?”), on the two versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald’sÌýTender Is the Night, Gerald and Sara Murphy, the idea of “the invented part,” turning off our cell phones, and much more.

You can purchase each of the books in the trilogy separately (,Ìý,Ìý, OR, if you don’t have them and are ready for the reading event of 2023, then getÌýÌýfor $40—approximately 30% off.

You can find all previous seasons of TMR on ourÌýÌýaaand you can support us atÌýÌýand get bonus content before anyone else, along with other rewards, the opportunity to easily communicate with the hosts, etc. And please rate us—wherever you get your podcasts!

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