how to win the lottery s5e2 – underworld by don delillo
don delillo returns to the podcast (via the written word) as we continue our un/adaptable module with underworld. in spite of us kicking off the “unadaptable” half of this module with this book, it turns out… it’s very adaptable, and may be getting made! oops. anyway. we talk about how underworld is “the delillo fingerprint,” how the narrative’s structure re-prioritizes plot vs. character, and how this compares to other delillo novels. we talk about delillo’s incredible ability to write about sports. we talk about weirdos who spend a lot of money on pez and funko pops and that time tulsa risked his life as a 17-year-old idiot. we also discuss commercializing nuclear war and the meaning and creation of “the great american novel.” we also discuss how to adapt underworld and who we’d cast.
reading list for season five
the zone of interest by martin amis
underworld by don delillo
eileen by ottessa moshfegh
speedboat by renata adler
memory by donald westlake
blood and guts in high school by kathy acker
project hail mary by andy weir
the raw shark texts by steven hall
crying in h mart by michelle zauner
wittgenstein’s mistress by david markson
nightbitch by rachel yoder
infinite jest by david foster wallace
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