Mining the Dalkey Archive Podcast

"Cadenza" by Ralph Cusack

May 4, 2026·1h 20m
Episode Description from the Publisher

Vince (A Book No One Wants) and Chad talk about Ralph Cusack’s only novel, Cadenza, a semi-surreal trip on a train through time and space. They discuss the humor, the difficulty holding on to the prose, Anthony Cronin’s criticisms from Dead As Doornails, and then digress off into myriad topics . . . Next month Vince and Chad will be discussing The Dregs of the Day by Máirtín Ó Cadhain, transalted from the Irish by Alan Titley.You can subscribe to the Mining the Dalkey Archive podcast at Apple, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts, and watch us on YouTube.And be sure to follow our sister podcasts: Two Month Review (Apple, Spotify) and Three Percent (Apple, Spotify) for more book talk! Get full access to Mining the Dalkey Archive at dalkeyarchive.substack.com/subscribe

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