The Book Club

Shalom Auslander on tragedy, Anne Frank and cannibalism

41 min listen

In This Episode

In this week’s Book Club podcast I am joined by one of the funniest writers working today. Shalom Auslander’s new novel is Mother For Dinner, which is set in perhaps the most oppressed minority community in the world. He talks to me about cannibalism, identity politics, his beef with tragedy… and an extremely high-risk prayer at the Wailing Wall.

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