There’s an age-old adage that you can’t choose your family.

Sure, social norms have evolved and our ideas of what makes a family have shifted over time, but we’re pretty confident that one still holds.

Especially if you’ve got a cousin who takes a hit out on his wife.

The Idiot.

Now imagine that barely tolerated cousin suddenly ends up at the centre of an international criminal investigation.

The Idiot wastes no time grabbing your attention, pulling you into a story as gripping and unpredictable as anything from Serial.

Is your cousin Chris just reckless, or has his bravado been masking something much darker?

What’s the deal with your aunt’s son Tom, anyway?

And we’re still not talking about Alex, right?

The Idiot stands out thanks to M. Gessen’s journalistic precision, turning personal disbelief into a compulsive search for the truth. It doesn’t shy away from the bigger questions either — trust, morality, and how much we really know, or think we know, about the people closest to us.

Have a listen, and let us know what you think.

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