Tom Flynn from Volumes is back, surprising Brian, who mostly prepared for the podcast by Googling Croatian Fun Facts. World Cup banter and good natured ribbing aside, Chad, Brian, and Tom dig in to the first half or “A Balancing Art,” talking about immigration vs. tourism, literary conferences and celebrity, one of the best penis jokes ever, and much more. They look at some of the parallels between the first two parts and marvel at Ugresic’s genius in putting this novel together. Finally, they talk a bit about “Levin,” the Russian author who runs throughout this book . . .<\/p>\n
You can watch the video<\/em> recording of this episode on YouTube,<\/a> and while you\u2019re there, subscribe to the Two Month Review channel<\/a> and stop by next Monday, July 2nd<\/a> at 9pm Eastern to discuss the second half of Part II of\u00a0Fox<\/em>, “A Balancing Art,” pages 76-109.<\/p>\n As always, Fox<\/em> (and all the previous Two Month Review titles) is available for 20% off through our website.<\/a> Just use the code 2MONTH at checkout.<\/p>\n Feel free to comment on this episode\u2014or on the book in general\u2014either on this post, or at the official GoodReads Group.<\/a><\/p>\n Follow Open Letter,<\/a> Chad Post,<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0Brian Wood,<\/a> for more thoughts and information about upcoming guests. You can also find Tom Flynn<\/a> and Volumes Bookcafe<\/a> on Twitter. If you’re in the Chicagoland area, please visit Volumes<\/a> on Milwaukee and tell them that the Two Month Review sent you. (Or order a book from them online.)<\/p>\n And you can find all the Two Month Review posts by clicking here.<\/a> And be sure to leave us a review on iTunes.<\/a> It really helps people to discover the podcast.<\/p>\n There are two bits of music on this episode–the first was chosen by Rafa Montes, an Open Letter summer intern who is producing these podcasts, and the outro music is the theme music to Back to the Future<\/em>, another great Michael J. Fox movie.<\/p>\n