Books on Monday: The Abstinence Teacher
So far, this is the second of Tom Perrotta’s novels that I’ve read. It is much heftier — richer & more satisfying — than the other one, The Little Children (good as that one was). Mr Perrotta has hit, I think, upon a way of critiquing suburban life that suburbanites themselves would be comfortable with.
This is the first PodCast that differs from the Portico page. In the attempt to make the audio sound more conversational, I edited a bit and cut out a lot. My aim is to talk “ex tempore” from a series of talking points lifted from the page. As for the production side of things, I hope to upgrade all of the equipment, hard and soft. If nothing else, I’ll mute those plosives!