A Fan's Notes by Frederick Exley - Episode No. 15

Feeling Bookish Podcast

English - August 12, 2019 14:24 - 1 hour - 56.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratings
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What happens when you swallow the American myth whole and try to be famous, virile and successful? Well, you might just write a sad, hilarious and enlightening fictional memoir filled with mental hospitals and boozy taverns. A Fan's Notes is a cult classic for those who eschew cult classics. The prose is electric. The characters unforgettable. It's fun and loathing between two covers. We take it on.
Music: “Sunday Smooth" by Scott Buckley, used under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License - www.scottbuckley.com.au.