Social Media, Vlad, and Electronics! (Wait, What?), Ep. 217
Welcome to The Librarian Is In, The New York Public Library's podcast about books, culture, and what to read next.
Hey all! Thanks for joining us for another episode. This week Frank discusses an article in The Atlantic by Jonathan Haidt entitled "Why the Past 10 Years of American Life Have Been Uniquely Stupid." And Crystal shares with us her book pick: Vladimir by Julia May Jones.
Vladimir
by Julia May Jones
“When I was a child, I loved old men, and I could tell that they also loved me.”
With her husband Vladimir under investigation for inappropriate relationships with his former students, a popular English professor finds their extra-marital pursuits taking a toll on their relationship, while a married young novelist becomes dangerously obsessed with Vladimir, threatening to blow their life wide open. (Publisher summary)
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