Ep. 10 New Boy by Tracy Chevalier — The Stacks Book Club (Vella Lovell)
This week, actress Vella Lovell (Crazy Ex- Girlfriend, The Big Sick) is back on The Stacks. This week we're talking about New Boy by Tracy Chevalier. New Boy is part of the Hogarth Shakespeare series, in which modern day authors retell Shakespeare's classic works. New Boy is an adaptation of William Shakespeare's Othello, set in a 1970's elementary school in Washington D.C. We talk about this book in comparison to its source material, where Chevalier's book wins and where it misses, and what makes a good adaptation of Shakespeare?
While we do discuss New Boyin detail, we don't really spoil the book if you're familiar with Othello. If you don't know Othellothen there may be spoilers for you. Listen at your own risk.
