Authors Who Take Big Risks

Host Jacob Shymanski and Red Széll reflect on authors who take big risks in their storytelling, everything from subject matter to writing styles and killing off significant characters.  

Books mentioned in this episode include:  

• “The First Law Series” and “The Heroes” by Joe Abercrombie  

• “Brighton Rock” and “The End of the Affair”  by Graham Greene  

• “A Man Called Ove” by Fredrik Backman  

• by Joe Abercrombie  

• “The Road” and “Blood Meridian” by Cormac McCarthy  

• “Flesh” by David Szlay  

• “Game of Thrones” by George R.R. Martin  

• “The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes” and “The Adventure of the Empty House” by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

• “Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire” by J. K. Rowling  

• “The Satanic Verses” by Salman Rushdie  

• “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathan Swift  

• “One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich” by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

• “Patriot” by Alexei Navalny  

• “The Master and Margarita” by Mikhail Bulgakov  

• “Ball Four” by Jim Bouton and Leonard Shecter  

This episode was produced by Andrika De Lanerolle. 

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