Why 'The Social Reckoning' Fails, and a Celebrity Weighs In

What BBN said about it

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo here's the story. The Free Press says a new book, The Social Reckoning, fails, and the reviews are mixed. Your reaction?

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   Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithDevastating. I finished it twice. The second time, I cried at the chapter called Why It Fails.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhy It Fails is the headline of the review.

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   Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithIt's also a chapter. Books and reviews are in conversation. That's what a laminated bookmark is for.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorYou laminated a bookmark?

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   Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithI laminate everything. It's how I process accountability.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorLet's talk about Quiet Gravel. What's it about?

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   Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithI play a man who narrates a gravel driveway. For ninety minutes. It's the bravest thing I've ever done sitting down.

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   Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDoes the driveway get a good ending?

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithIt gets resurfaced. I won't say more. Critics are calling it a reckoning.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorWhich critics? You've reviewed it yourself, I think. Here's a hard one. Which page of the book made you reconsider your own life?

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithAs I finished it twice, I'd say page, uh, the middle. The very middle. Both times.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorHow many pages are there?

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithEnough. Look, I'm a man of the lighthouse. We don't count.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorSo is that a no?

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithI read the headline. I read it twice. It was a lot.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThank you for the honesty. Lightning round. Favorite book?

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithThe one I'm about to read.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorAudiobook or paper? Last one, and then you plug.

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithPaper, laminated. Quiet Gravel opens soon, in theaters where gravel is legal. Barnaby Oyelaran-Smith, always accountable.

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    Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBarnaby, one more time: what is the book called?

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    Barnaby Oyelaran-SmithQuiet Gravel.