This Is Not the Foe You're Looking For

Published: Oct. 18, 2018, 10 a.m.

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Gwen and Frank tackle a\\xa0near-future dystopian novel about space colonization and a sobering work of journalism about the fallacy of modern philanthropy. Plus: why pho is objectively the best food ever.\\xa0

Frank and Gwen\'s Recommendations

Haaaave you read "The Yellow Wallpaper"\\xa0yet? Try the\\xa0Insta Novel!\\xa0

Frank\'s old favorites:\\xa0Grasshopper Jungle\\xa0by Andrew Smith, Pure Hollywood and Other Stories by Christine Schutt,\\xa0I\'m Thinking of Ending Things\\xa0by Iain Reid

Foe\\xa0by Iain Reid\\xa0

Winners Take All\\xa0by Anand Giridharadas, and his\\xa0recent conversation with Joy-Ann Reid\\xa0

His previous book, The True American: Murder and Mercy in Texas, which won NYPL\'s Bernstein Award in 2015

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