806: Demon in a Photocopier

About this episode

The episode discusses Emily Tesh’s book 'The Incandescent' and explores its themes and characters.

Our Book Club reconvenes to discuss Emily Tesh’s “The Incandescent,” which offers a teacher’s perspective on a magical school (that’s mostly not magical, but infested by demons), an interesting story structure, and some very well-drawn characters. Plus: What else are we reading?...

People in this episode

Host: Jason Snell

Topics covered

• book club
• magical school
• demons
• story structure
• character development

Keywords

• Emily Tesh
• The Incandescent
• magical school
• demons
• book club

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