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In The New York Times Book Review, Robin Black reviews Lauren Groff’s third novel, “Fates and Furies.” Ms. Black writes:
There’s always the danger, with novels structured around a marriage, that they’ll be perceived as centrally concerned not only with that particular relationship but with the nature of marriage itself. A domestic union set prominently in a work of fiction has the sometimes unfortunate capacity to obscure whatever else is going on. Yet “Fates and Furies,” Lauren Groff’s remarkable new novel, explodes and rages past any such preconceptions, insisting that the examination of a long-term relationship can be a perfect vehicle for exploring no less than the nature of existence — the domestic a doorway to the philosophical.
On this week’s podcast, Ms. Groff talks about “Fates and Furies”; Alexandra Alter has news from the publishing world; Scott Shane discusses “Objective Troy: A Terrorist, a President, and the Rise of the Drone”; feedback from listeners; and Gregory Cowles has best-seller news. Pamela Paul is the host.