# Book Club: Let's Talk About 'The Hounding' by Xenobe Purvis

Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-hounding-by-xenobe-purvis
Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-hounding-by-xenobe-purvis.md
Podcast: [The Book Review](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412)
Published: 2026-01-30T18:53:10+00:00
Episode link: https://www.nytimes.com/column/book-review-podcast
Audio file: https://dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/pdst.fm/e/pfx.vpixl.com/6qj4J/pscrb.fm/rss/p/nyt.simplecastaudio.com/621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9/episodes/30e2d99b-1da8-42c8-bdcc-ee373dbe2c33/audio/128/default.mp3?aid=rss_feed&awCollectionId=621229bd-2556-4ce6-8ae0-9fa3046f9da9&awEpisodeId=30e2d99b-1da8-42c8-bdcc-ee373dbe2c33&feed=MssIhx9y
Processing state: not_requested
JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-book-review-415412/episodes/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-hounding-by-xenobe-purvis
Duration seconds: 2979

## Resource

Xenobe Purvis’s slim but powerful debut novel, “The Hounding,” is about five young sisters in 1700s England who are suspected of being able to transform into a pack of wild dogs. It is a gothic parable about male ego, cultural misogyny and the dangers of gossip run amok. On this week’s episode, host MJ Franklin discusses “The Hounding” with fellow Book Review editors Joumana Khatib, Emily Eakin and Gregory Cowles.

## Actions

- request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-book-review-415412/episodes/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-hounding-by-xenobe-purvis/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode.
- read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-book-review-415412/book-club-let-s-talk-about-the-hounding-by-xenobe-purvis.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource.

A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed.

## Transcript

Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.