Technically my iPod has now played this podcast five or six times, as I was using it to fall asleep to over the weekend. Ah, the dulcent sounds of Michael Silverblatt’s voice…

Anyway, as you should know if you read my most important web postings, “Black Swan Green” is one of the best (if not THE best) books I’ve read thus far this year. David Mitchell was very enjoyable to listen to. He seems very meek and British, yet willing to laugh.

Some of his favorite authors: Charles Dickens, Dostoevsky, Ursula LeGuin (oh, I used to read TONS of her…). Also mentions specifically Fournier’s “The Wanderer”.

Some neat moments when Mitchell and Silverblatt discuss the magic of life, of love, and of death.