EPISODE · Mar 26, 2025 · 35 MIN
Palate Cleanser: East of Eden by John Steinbeck
from A Couple Guys Reading · host Samuel Scott and Tex Fry
After a long run of romantasy, we needed a breather. So for this palate cleanser episode, we picked up East of Eden by John Steinbeck.It’s a book that feels bigger than itself—family, legacy, good and evil, the whole deal. We talk about what hit us, what surprised us, and how somehow this 20th-century novel about California farmers felt more intense than half the fantasy battles we’ve read.No fae in this one. Just some deeply human stuff and a lot of thoughts we didn’t expect to have.Sam references this article East of Eden and the Human Condition.
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After a long run of romantasy, we needed a breather. So for this palate cleanser episode, we picked up East of Eden by John Steinbeck.It’s a book that feels bigger than itself—family, legacy, good and evil, the whole deal. We talk about what hit us, what surprised us, and how somehow this 20th-century novel about California farmers felt more intense than half the fantasy battles we’ve read.No fae in this one. Just some deeply human stuff and a lot of thoughts we didn’t expect to have.Sam references this article East of Eden and the Human Condition.
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