Recommends Plus One.

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…Now, your wife is also a well-known author. She has a well-received book about mermaids, right? It’s fiction. It’s called Monstrous Beauty. How has having a wife who writes fiction influenced you intellectually? Yes, she’s really smart. She’s not only a fiction writer. She has a PhD in economics from the University of Chicago and a smart person in all sorts of ways. We don’t really do economics at the dinner table together, but we certainly learn a lot about politics and current events. I don’t delve too deep in her fiction, but it’s a very intellectual pursuit for her, and she’s really committed to writing great young adult literature, not just stuff that sells. Yes, Monstrous Beauty is wonderful. Plus One is her book after that, which I recommend. It’s a secretly libertarian young-adult romance set in a world that comes after a pandemic. Ought to have lots of good book sales now. You think Tuscan cuisine is underrated or overrated?…

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