Premium Episode 51, Novels as Spycraft 8 - the Kindly Ones, or, Black Magical Realism, featuring Trash (Patreon)

Today I'm joined by Trash (@bidenbigboi) to discuss the French novel, the Kindly Ones by Jonathan Littell. The novel follows an SS officer through WWII which provides various opportunities to discuss various aspects of the Eastern Front and the Holocaust. Then, later, we discuss Littell's background which points to this being an entry in the Novels as Spycraft series. 

*note, I accidentally refer to Friedrich Flick as “Frick”, what are you gonna do

Songs:

Into Warmer Air by Hildur Guðnadóttir

Ascent by ‘’

Erupting Light by ‘’

Overcast by ‘’

De tes yeux bleus perlés by Celeste

Sources:

https://www.lemonde.fr/le-monde-in-english/article/2022/03/28/jonathan-littell-my-dear-russian-friends-now-is-the-time-for-your-own-maidan_6119497_5026681.html

https://web.archive.org/web/20071130042201/http://www.alfred.edu/pressreleases/viewrelease.cfm?ID=2096

https://www.cnn.com/2019/09/20/africa/nigeria-army-shuts-action-against-hunger-intl/index.html

Merch:

https://programmed-to-chill.myshopify.com/