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I Have Some Questions for You

Written by: Rebecca Makkai
Narrated by: Julia Whelan, JD Jackson
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

Named a Best Book of 2023 by The Washington Post, People, USA Today, NPR, Esquire, Good Housekeeping, Real Simple, The Boston Globe, CrimeReads and more

“A twisty, immersive whodunit perfect for fans of Donna Tartt’s The Secret History.”—People

"Spellbinding."—The New York Times Book Review

"[An] irresistible literary page-turner."—The Boston Globe

The riveting new novel—"part true-crime page-turner, part campus coming-of-age" (San Francisco Chronicle)—from the author of the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist The Great Believers

A successful film professor and podcaster, Bodie Kane is content to forget her past—the family tragedy that marred her adolescence, her four largely miserable years at a New Hampshire boarding school, and the murder of her former roommate, Thalia Keith, in the spring of their senior year. Though the circumstances surrounding Thalia’s death and the conviction of the school’s athletic trainer, Omar Evans, are hotly debated online, Bodie prefers—needs—to let sleeping dogs lie.

But when the Granby School invites her back to teach a course, Bodie is inexorably drawn to the case and its increasingly apparent flaws. In their rush to convict Omar, did the school and the police overlook other suspects? Is the real killer still out there? As she falls down the very rabbit hole she was so determined to avoid, Bodie begins to wonder if she wasn’t as much of an outsider at Granby as she’d thought—if, perhaps, back in 1995, she knew something that might have held the key to solving the case.

In I Have Some Questions for You, award-winning author Rebecca Makkai has crafted her most irresistible novel yet: a stirring investigation into collective memory and a deeply felt examination of one woman’s reckoning with her past, with a transfixing mystery at its heart. Timely, hypnotic, and populated with a cast of unforgettable characters, I Have Some Questions for You is at once a compulsively enjoyable work and a literary triumph.

©2023 Rebecca Makkai (P)2023 Penguin Audio

What the critics say

“A critique of the true-crime obsession and its inherent voyeurism, refracted through everyone’s new favorite storytelling device, the podcast . . . This sense of collective responsibility is the kind of nuance that doesn’t often emerge from the true-crime content mills. In the world of I Have Some Questions for You, however, there’s an insistent hope that the truth still matters, even when it’s complicated—that the right thing might happen despite the near-impossibility of justice in our society.”—The Nation

“[I Have Some Questions for You] embraces the intricate plotting and emotional heft that made [Makkai’s] previous novel, The Great Believers, a Pulitzer finalist...Makkai sharply conveys the insidiousness of misogyny...[and] deftly explores how remembrance can melt into reverie...Her patient, evocative character work prevents Omar and Thalia from becoming types...The result is not a book that leers at a discrete and unfathomable act of violence but one that investigates...‘two stolen lives.’”—The New Yorker

“A sleekly plotted literary murder mystery…Makkai has written a complicated whodunit fueled by feminist rage as Bodie relentlessly interrogates her past and recalls the countless murders of girls and women whose stories have been all but lost in our collective memory.”—Associated Press

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This book has it all

Julia Whelan, fantastic plot with just enough sub-plots and characters, sensitive depictions of #metoo, cancel culture,podcasting culture, and more. Loved it.

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*Almost* a masterpiece

This novel is masterfully written, both as a piece of literary fiction and as a psychology drama. The prose is propulsive and the narrative development exceptional and the plot clever. But I felt like it fell short of it's potential, ultimately because it's a story about rape culture and violence against women that is written by a white woman that hinges on the incarceration of a Black man - and that comes through. Mostly, the author owns this discrepancy and the book is actually stronger for it - it's her story and it's real. But it's the end that failed me, and she could have done something so small to fix this. Throughout the whole book, the author uses this strong narrative device of "there was the one where..." and she goes on to describe violent acts against women and the failures of the justice system to protect them. At the end, she SHOULD HAVE done a "there was the one where" with all the Black men incarcerated, murdered or hurt for being falsely accused of hurting white woman. By not doing this one thing, the author ends on a note of rage and hope for all the women (who are almost always implicity understood as white) who experience violence, but denies the complexities of how that hope is instrinctly linked to anti black violence- something the conceit of the book flirts with but never brings to fruition. This oversight left me with a grief for a book I wanted more from.

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a page-turner

I enjoyed this book tremendously. it was a lot of things - intriguing, dramatic, funny, thought-provoking. A real page-turner from start to finish for me!

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Looking for a book you’ll not want to put down?

I REALLY enjoyed this book. Well written and in our own time. The narrator did a remarkable job with the different characters. Great layout of characters and events. I would recommend this book to anyone asking for a good read suggestion.

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So Well-written

I thoroughly enjoyed this—a who-done-it, why-done-it so much closer to reality than usual murder mystery fare. It starts slow, but once it gets moving it's a roller coaster. Throughout, the author reminds us without subtlety why so many violent, murderous men are able to get away with crimes deserving of harsh sentencing or, at the very least, thorough investigation. Highly recommended.

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I never listen to books but I’m so glad I listened to this one

Excellent narration that seemed believable Bodie. Loved the premise and the social commentary. I was however disappointed by the ending.

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Highly recommend

I loved how this story came together. Smart, creepy, and insightful. A must listen to!

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Layered Themes

Really enjoyed how this is a coming of age story, a murder mystery and a commentary on #metoo and woke culture.

Great writing! I especially like the subtle use of metaphor - used especially brilliantly in the last couple paragraphs to illustrate how life is a struggle that not everyone survives.

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Great listen

The end did feel a little sudden, but this was a great listen all the way through.

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Too many characters to follow that were not that interesting to remember and the ending went no where. Loved the narrator but story needed some editing.

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