Episode 020: The Changeling
Download MP3Thanks for joining us for our ***TWENTIETH*** episode! This month we’re discussing The Changeling by Victor LaValle
Apollo Kagwa is an antiquarian book dealer trying to be an involved father to his new baby, unlike his own father who abandoned him, when his wife Emma begins acting strange. Is it post-partum complications, or something much more sinister? Then Emma commits a horrific act—beyond any parent’s comprehension—and vanishes, seemingly into thin air. Thus begins Apollo’s journey to find a wife and child who are nothing like he’d imagined. With mysterious strangers, fantastic books, forgotten islands, graveyards, forests, and monsters in caves, it reveals the homey, messy magic that can save us all, if we’re lucky.
In This Episode We Mention
Bremen Town Musicians aka Bremen Stadtmusikanten
Hans the Hedgehog (Trevor found a delightful drawing of Hans on Deviant Art by “DBed”)
Outside Over There by Maurice Sendak by Maurice
The Interlibrary Loan service
The Station Agent 2003 film starring Peter Dinklage (NOT the Station Master as Erica mistakenly said)
Can You Tell Me A Book I Would Also Like?
Erica: The Porpoise by Mark Haddon and/or Harry’s Trees by Jon Cohen
Trevor: The Club Dumas by Arturo Pérez-Reverte
Alan: Planet of the Apes by Pierre Boulle (interlibrary loan link)
Kirsten: Under Major Domo Minor by Patrick DeWitt
Nerd Words for Word Nerds
Erica: Unputdownable
Trevor: Anorak
Kirsten: Eldritch
Alan: Ultimatum (Open Yale course: Introduction to Psychology Ultimatum Game lecture)
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Next month we’ll be reading Where’d You Go, Bernadette by Maria Semple.
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Time to Read is a production of the Winnipeg Public Library. Our panel today included Alan Chorney, Kirsten Wurmann, Erica Ball, and Dennis Penner. Trevor is away on holiday, but will return. Our webmaster is Arryn Seburn. Our social media guru is Reegan Breu. Audio production and music by Dennis Penner.
Creators and Guests
Host
Dennis Penner
Dennis works in the ideaMILL and while he prefers mysteries and non-fiction, he’s open to reading almost anything. He’s also the editor/producer, so he can edit the show to make himself sound smarter than he really is.
Host
Trevor Lockhart
Trevor is the Branch Head of the Louis Riel library. He tends to be a slow reader but a fast talker, so it all evens out.
