This week on The Book Show, Fannie Flagg discusses her sequel to the New York Times bestseller “Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Café.” The novel, “The Wonder Boy of Whistle Stop,” traces what happened to the beloved characters in Fried Green Tomatoes.
This episode originally aired in Dec. 2020. Photo courtesy of Random House.
Maggie Shipstead’s new novel “Great Circle” tracks the lives of Marian Graves and her twin brother Jamie from Prohibition-era Missoula to wartime Britain, from the cold of Alaska to the cap of Antarctica as Marian chases her dream of becoming the first pilot to circumnavigate the globe north-south. ...
This week on The Book Show, we present an off-the-shelf conversation with James Patterson. Patterson is a bestselling author and joins us to discuss his three latest books: The Last Days of John Lennon, Deadly Cross, and NYPD Red 6. This off-the-shelf conversation was recorded via zoom and was presented by Northshire Bookstore. ...
Jason Mott’s “Hell of a Book” won The National Book Award in 2021. It is an astounding work of fiction where a Black author sets out on a publicity tour to promote his bestselling novel. The book – always deeply honest, at times electrically funny — goes to the heart of racism, police violence, and the hidden costs exacted upon Black Americans and America as a whole. ...
