This episode is about Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis, the complete edition containing both The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return.

Holes! We all need 'em, we all love 'em. This is a book where a boy is sentenced to dig a bunch of holes out in the desert because he was accused and convicted of a crime he didn't commit.

Lo's award-winning novel seeks to shine a light on marginalized experiences from mid-century San Francisco. What's most impressive is how she's synthesized all of her research into a couple of fresh, compelling characters - allowing the story to honor the historical record without feeling overly bound by it. Our theme music was composed by Nick Lerangis. Follow @overduepod on Instagram and Bluesky Advertise on Overdue See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

This week's book is about the topic of war and also the topic of peace.

For our latest show-within-a-show, we'll revisit Ancient Greece through Emily Wilson's new translation of Homer's The Iliad.

The boys from Overdue cover Chuck Palahniuk's 1996 novel FIGHT CLUB. One of us even rewatched the famous film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton!

There There sets itself apart by being a book by and about indigenous Americans in an explicitly contemporary, urban setting.

The Overdue boys discuss Nancy Drew and the Mystery at Lilac Inn.

The boys from Overdue cover E.B. White's children's novel The Trumpet of the Swan.

The Screwtape Letters, written from the point of view of a demon whose object is to send souls to Hell, is a deeply Christian work but its appeal comes just as much from C.S. Lewis' insight into what makes humanity tick.