Jake Morrissey

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3,330 appearances 8 recordings 1 series first heard Jul 2026 last heard 8 Sep

Jake Morrissey’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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Recordings per month over the last 12 months — 8 in all, peaking in Aug 2026 with 3.

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Marlon and Jake Read Dead People · The Literary Hall of Shame · 8 Sep 2026 podcast

I am not a fan of early Le Carre. matched

A Small Town in Germany is a terrible novel. matched

I didn't read that. matched

It has nothing to do with George Smiley. matched

It's about a British foreign office factotum who goes to Germany to investigate the disappearance of an officer from the British embassy. matched

And it's various kind of... matched

You know, kind of neo-Nazi stuff. matched

Anyway, it's too long. matched

It's a little bit like he needed to write the novel to get to the next stuff, which was much better. matched

I came across the novel a few years ago. matched

I thought, boy, I'm really impressed. matched

Given the fact it was an early novel of his, that anybody else, you got another shot to write more novels. matched

That's a good, I mean. matched

Don't, no, it's, yeah. matched

And I keep matched

Why do you think they do? matched

I don't know. matched

I don't, it's not one of my favorites. matched

Yes, because I think in some ways it's a little bit like, oh, you know, Marlon James is going to write about New York Cafe Society. matched

It's a little bit, I'm not, it's, you know, the Middle East is kind of out of his, it's out of Le Carre's area of expertise or interest, maybe. matched

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