robert owen butler the pulitzer prize winner has a book coming out that apparently reaches back to his vietnam war days and is supposed to be wonderful too. >> host: who are some of your go to others'? >> guest: patches always fantastic. i love jonathan franzen. edna o'brien's novels are as wonderful. the last book a few weeks ago is just fantastic or they couldn't believe it. i am amazed by the number of fine authors we have in this country and the number we keep producing every year. i hate to say it's better writing part rams are really good at producing fine fiction writers. >> host: there are many more books produced that need to review. more and more i think people need direction. they go to the bookstore is just overwhelming. there are so many books so they want to know basically what should i read and it's getting harder and harder to justify using a limited space to tell people here's a book you've never heard of, don't read it through those no danger of them finding that book anyhow so i tend to, i feel like it can save people's time. i want to point people to books that they