Jacke talks to award-winning novelist and short story writer Charles Baxter about his new book, Blood Test: A Comedy, which the New York Times says "provides a snapshot of a troubled America, disguised as a speculative comedy...a quiet masterpiece." PLUS Bill Eville (Washed Ashore: Family, Fatherhood, and Finding Home on Martha's Vineyard) stops by to discuss his choice for the last book he will ever read.

Additional listening:

• 63 Chekhov, Bellow, Wright, and Fox (with Charles Baxter)
• 612 Family Matters (with Bill Eville)
• 429 Books I Have Loved (with Charles Baxter, Margot Livesey, and Jim Shepard)

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