05-21-14 UPDATE:Podcast Update: Time to Read Episode 163: Kent A. Kiehl, PhD, 'The Psychopath Whisperer: The Science of Those Without Conscience'
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Here's the one-hundred sixty-third episode of my series of podcasts, which I'm calling Time to Read. Hitting the two-year mark, I'm going to make an effort to stay ahead, so that podcast listeners can get the same sort of "sneak preview" effect that radio listeners get each Friday morning. This week, I seem to be on top opf the game, but who knows what the hell might happen. I am hoping to stay back up and stumbling.
I'm editing the long interview right now, and Kiehl is outstanding. The book is a must-read for anyone writing crime or reading crime fiction. It's impossible to put down, and definitely worht your valuable reading time.
My hope is that in under four minutes I can offer readers a concise review and an opportunity to hear the author read from or speak about the work. I'm hoping to offer a new one every week.
"... there was always something that had to happen ..."
—Justin Go
Justin Go proves to be every bit as cosmopolitan as you might expect him to be from reading his first novel, 'The Steady Running of the Hour.' He's sharply dressed, well spoken and more than able to talk about the odd mix of subjects that go into his engaging and rather intense book.
When asked about Dan Simmons' 'The Abominable,' which does cover some of the same material albeit in a very different fashion, he tells me that he's heard about it but not yet read it. In the world of two-books-make-a-trend, that means there's a WWI/Everest meme in the wind. Taken on its own, 'The Steady Running of the Hour' is engrossing enough to talk about all by itself, and talk we do.
Go told me that he had to mess about with all Britishness of the narrative, even though he's an American. He spent some college time in London, and more besides, enough to consider the city a second home. In fact, travel plays a pretty big part in his life, as it does in his book. In our time, you can hop on a jet and get anywhere in a day or two. A century ago, you might have to take a steamer or a train, and get anywhere in a page or two via the magic of eliding the unnecessary bits.
Go told me that much of the novel would never have been completed had he ever thought that anybody was going to read it. To my mind, he could easily have a bestseller on his hands. I think the novel to be quite good and that it possesses a wide appeal.
I'm pretty certain that readers will be able get a good bead on 'The Steady Running of the Hour' and nicely prepped for the reading experience, by following this link to the MP3 audio file.
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