In this episode, we discuss chapters thirty to forty-one of Terry Miles’ Rabbits, consider the fin de siècle pastiche of American culture, muse on the nature of the hollow protagonist, and touch on the genius of Italo Calvino.
Next week, we end the book with chapters forty-two to forty-five.
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Unanswered Questions:
- Is Rabbits a second-generation pastiche on pre-Millennial American culture?
- To what degree is K unreliable as a narrator?
- What happened to Chloe?
Footnotes:
- Rabbits: A Novel (Terry Miles)
- Rabbits Podcast
- The Death of Elisa Lam
- A Theory of Parody (Linda Hutcheon)
- “Why more women identify as sexually fluid than men” (BBC)
- Invisible Cities (Italo Calvino)
- I Fought In A War (Belle and Sebastian)
- Entry #26 (Marble Hornets)
- Zork
- Games By Infocom
- Counterfeit Monkey (Emily Short)
- Gran Parsons
- David Bowie
- The Last Star In Hollywood
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