In this episode we have brought back Tony Thompson. The new books discussed this episoder are Elena Knows by Claudia Peneiro and translated by Frances Riddle and Pure Life by Eugene Martin.  When picked we had no idea how much the two books had in common! The Horse's Mouth by Joyce Cary is the old classic for this month.

Side topics include: what books should go on your best of list, why not to play contact sports, and how we look at books now as opposed to then.

Elena Know -From the ‘Hitchcock of the River Plate’ (Corriere della Sera) comes Piñeiro’s third novel, a unique tale that interveaves crime fiction with intimate tales of morality and search for individual freedom.
Pure Life -A harrowing, intense, powerful new novel that reads like a classic, from one of the great writers of his generation.
The Horse's Mouth - The Horse's Mouth, the third and most celebrated volume of Joyce Cary's First Trilogy, is perhaps the finest novel ever written about an artist.

 
Interview with Claudia Peneiro by her translator Frances Riddle
https://southwestreview.com/a-mundane-odyssey-an-interview-with-claudia-pineiro/