Infinite Gestation goes contemporary in this episode featuring John Darnielle’s debut novel, Wolf in White Van, nominated for the National Book Award in 2014. Though many know Darnielle as singer-songwriter and member of The Mountain Goats, he is making a well received foray into fiction. His first novel is in no way a vanity project and despite some flaws, stands as a fine specimen of a freshman novel.

His sophomore effort Universal Harvester was released in February of this year.

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Show Notes & Links

• Wolf in White Van
• John Darnielle
• The Mountain Goats
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan
• A Visit from the Goon Squad by Jennifer Egan (podcast episode)
• Universal Harvester
• Weeds (TV Series)
• We Shall All Be Healed (2004 album)
• Game Systems Inc.
• Middle Earth Play-By-Mail (PBM)
• Briefcase/Suitcase in Pulp Fiction
• MacGuffin
• Larry Norman
• Paul McCartney Death Hoax (Paul is Dead)
• Backmasking
• Marabou Stork Nightmares by Irving Welsh
• The Ice Storm by Rick Moody
• The Garden of the Forking Paths by  Louise Borges
• Luca and the Fire of Life by Salman Rushdie