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Books mentioned in this episodeTerra Nostra by Carlos Fuentes

https://amzn.to/3JzA2Dk

Catch-22 by Joseph Heller

https://amzn.to/3LfAMy3

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781451626650

Now I Surrender by Alvaro Enrigue

https://amzn.to/4vhZor1

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593084076

You Dreamed of Empires by Alvaro Enrigue

https://amzn.to/44hvFUn

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780593544808

King Leopold’s Ghost by Adam Hochschild

https://amzn.to/4yclMon

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780358212508

War by Louis Ferdinand Celine

https://amzn.to/4aLnS4H

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811237321

Journey to the End of the Night by Louis-Ferdinand Celine

https://amzn.to/49an6fu

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811216548

Tom’s Crossing by Mark Z. Daniielewski

https://amzn.to/4cLYdds

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781524747718

The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolano

2666 by Roberto Bolano

https://amzn.to/48EyX5y

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780312429218

The Woes of the True Policeman by Roberto Bolano

https://amzn.to/4y8ua8J

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781250037824

The Power and the Glory by Graham Greene

https://amzn.to/4vW2DWw

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143107552

The Quiet American by Graham Greene

https://amzn.to/4mhl2b3

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143039020

The Honorary Consul by Graham Greene

https://amzn.to/4wAzFva

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143105558

Killer Angels by Michael Shaara

https://amzn.to/4aDv4R6

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780345407276

77 by Guillermo Saccomano

https://amzn.to/4f1Cle8

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953892

Gesell Dome by Guillermo Saccomanno

https://amzn.to/40xgAMT

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781940953380

Trieste by Dasa Drndic

https://amzn.to/4b5IQMe

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780544538504

Trout Fishing in America by Richard Brautigan

https://amzn.to/4vcGzGQ

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780547255279

The Hawkline Monster by Richard Brautigan

https://amzn.to/4v5fLII

Stoner by John Williams

https://amzn.to/4nZ8bej

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171998

Butchers Crossing by John Williams

https://amzn.to/46XAnrk

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781590171981

Friday’s at Enrico’s by Don Carpenter

https://amzn.to/4lQFsIF

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781619025400

Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather

https://amzn.to/4yeNXDm

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780679728894

The Literary Conference by Cesar Aira

https://amzn.to/44S9OTx

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811218788

The Man with the Golden Arm by Nelson Algren

https://amzn.to/3PEng9t

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781583220085

Elevator in Saigon by Thuan

https://amzn.to/4pfekVx

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811238540

Ada by Mark Haber

https://amzn.to/4wB0zD7

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897594

Lesser Ruins by Mark Haber

https://amzn.to/4gvJE04

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566897198

Reinhart’s Garden by Mark Haber

https://amzn.to/4gpOlbH

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566895620

Saint Sebastian’s Abyss by Mark Haber

https://amzn.to/4wzVuuO

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9781566896368

Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad

https://amzn.to/3SJFiIW

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780486264646

Near to the Wild Heart by Clarice Lispector

https://amzn.to/3LdtjQ2

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780811220026

Infinite Jest by David Foster Wallace

https://amzn.to/4lVzrJz

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780316920049

Against the Day by Thomas Pynchon

https://amzn.to/4jOmfFA

https://bookshop.org/a/103053/9780143112563

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