The Real Word Episode 3
b'In this episode we\\u2019re talking about the book: The Cuckoo\\u2019s Calling by Robert Galbraith aka JK Rowling.\\n\\nThe Cuckoo\\u2019s Calling was first published in the UK in 2013 by Sphere Books, and had placement at number 4,709 on Amazon.com before it was revealed that the author of the Harry Potter book series had actually penned the book under the pseudonym, Robert Galbraith. The book shot to the top of the charts nearly overnight when Galbraith\\u2019s true identity was leaked!\\n\\nThis is a crime novel about a model who falls to her death from a balcony. Though it looks like suicide, her brother is not convinced and hires private investigator Cormoran Strike to look into the case and find the killer. Reviews were good (even before the outing of the author) with The Independent noting that it\\u2019s \\u201c...a book about looking and listening...and about using loss to develop emotional intelligence and about friendship.\\u201d \\n\\nThis group hadn\\u2019t read a crime novel yet, so we thought it would be a fun new experience with the Harry Potter author tie-in --- of course, this was before we learned that many of them hadn\\u2019t actually read the Harry Potter books! We talk about the relationship between the two main characters, and the killer in the story and his motives -- SPOILERS AHEAD!\\n\\nThe Real WORD Podcast is produced by Reading Opens Minds and edited by Saul Black. \\nYou can find us on iTunes or the podcast app on your phone, or on the web at: LAReviewofbooks.org/the-real-word. Thank you to the LA Review of books staff and supporters for giving this podcast a home and some tender loving care.\\n\\nSpecial thanks for this episode goes to Maria Jose Vazquez and Stacy Reader for co-facilitating the book club. \\n\\nNext episode we\\u2019ll be talking about the book, The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman.\\nUntil then Happy Reading!'