Episode #70
The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
End of Days ☄️ It’s the end of the world as we know it here at Booktails. For the next few weeks we are using the enduring narrative of the four horsemen of the apocalypse as our inspiration to read four books based on War, Pestilence, Famine and Death. We are starting with the most brutal and mysterious of them all: Death. But what do we know of the big man with the scythe? Well, we have chosen a book with the Grim Reaper as the narrator: The Book Thief by Markus Zusak. This story of a young girl in Nazi Germany is one of Serena’s all time faves! Does it still stand up after all this time? Join us for a black absinthe margarita as we delve into the experience of reading this book as an adult, ‘perfect’ characters and the framing devices provided by Death that hold this book together! ⚖️ You know what that means, Saumensch! It’s time to steal a book!
