Traci Mumford

It blends history, magical realism, science fiction, and the whole book is written as a single sentence.

One sentence, almost 300 pages.

Krauss explained how he got to that approach on the New York Times Book Review podcast.

Krauss explained how he stopped mid-project, racked his brain, and honed in on the book's theme, how the war began a cycle of violence.

Check out the Book Review Podcast for more reading recommendations and author interviews.

Those are the headlines.

If you'd like to play the Friday News Quiz, stick around.

It's just after these credits.

This show is made by Will Jarvis, Margaret Kadifa, Jake Lucas, Jan Stewart, and me, Tracy Mumford.

Original theme by Dan Powell.

Special thanks to Isabella Anderson, Larissa Anderson, Sam Dolnick, Miles McKinley, Zoe Murphy, and Paula Schumann.

Now, time for the quiz.

Every week, we ask you a few questions about stories The Times has been covering.

Can you get them all?

U.S.

officials have been getting a lot of questions about the war with Iran over the last few months.

But this week, one line of questioning really stood out.

The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, General Dan Cain, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth were put on the spot about whether dolphins were being weaponized in the Strait of Hormuz.

They kind of laughed it off, but there is actually precedent for the U.S.

Navy using sea creatures.