TFW you're not sure if you like a book and so you talk about it with your best friend and then after about an hour of faffing around, you both realize that the book is actually pretty good. This episode—in which Mandy and Mio talk about Zadie Smith's 2012 novel, NW—is that episode.

cw: this novel includes discussions of institutionalized sexism and racism in the British legal sector, infidelity

tw: discussion of one character's suicide attempt (1:20:18-1:22:00)

Show notes:

- Islands (2013) dir. Whammy Alcazaren on YouTube

- Interview with Zadie Smith in Interview Magazine

- Interview with Zadie Smith in Granta

- Trailer for NW (2016) dir. Saul Dibb on Vimeo

- "25 Essential Notes on Craft" by Matthew Salesees on Lit Hub.

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