Episode 11: Jason Diamond and Book Blurbs

We sat down with Jason Diamond, bookish man about town and author of the multigenerational Jewish gangster saga Kaplan’s Plot. He made a strong case for Chicago as a literary city and for not forgetting the immigrant experience in your ancestry.

Then, we pull back the curtain on back-of-the-book blurbs and other publicity tactics.
“Riveting!” — Stephen King

Kaplan’s Plot is available now.

Works Cited

The Adventures of Augie March, Saul Bellow
Humboldt’s Gift, Saul Bellow
The Middlesteins, Jami Attenberg
The Lazarus Project, Aleksandar Hemon
The House on Mango Street, Sandra Cisneros
Native Son, Richard Wright
The Big Sleep, Raymond Chandler
The Bear, created by Christopher Storer
Chicago Fire, created by Derek Haas and Michael Brandt
The Man with the Golden Arm, Nelson Algren
See Friendship, Jeremy Gordon
The Godfather, Part II, dir. Francis Ford Coppola
The Castle, Franz Kafka
The Trial, Franz Kafka
It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia, created by Rob McElhenney
We Love You Bunny, Mona Awad
The Footprints of God, Greg Iles
Jonathan Strange & Mr Norrell, Susanna Clarke
Merriam-Webster’s Collegiate Dictionary, Tenth Edition