The Brothers K

By: David James Duncan

Narrated by: Robertson Dean

Length: 28 hrs and 7 mins

Publisher's summary

A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK

Once in a great while a writer comes along who can truly capture the drama and passion of the life of a family. David James Duncan, author of the novel The River Why and the collection River Teeth, is just such a writer. And in The Brothers K he tells a story both striking and in its originality and poignant in its universality.

This touching, uplifting novel spans decades of loyalty, anger, regret, and love in the lives of the Chance family. A father whose dreams of glory on a baseball field are shattered by a mill accident. A mother who clings obsessively to religion as a ward against the darkest hour of her past. Four brothers who come of age during the seismic upheavals of the sixties and who each choose their own way to deal with what the world has become. By turns uproariously funny and deeply moving, and beautifully written throughout, The Brothers K is one of the finest chronicles of our lives in many years.

Praise for The Brothers K

“The pages of The Brothers K sparkle.”—The New York Times Book Review

“Duncan is a wonderfully engaging writer.”—Los Angeles Times

“This ambitious book succeeds on almost every level and every page.”—USA Today

“Duncan’s prose is a blend of lyrical rhapsody, sassy hyperbole and all-American vernacular.”—San Francisco Chronicle

“The Brothers K affords the . . . deep pleasures of novels that exhaustively create, and alter, complex worlds. . . . One always senses an enthusiastic and abundantly talented and versatile writer at work.”—The Washington Post Book World

“Duncan . . . tells the larger story of an entire popular culture struggling to redefine itself—something he does with the comic excitement and depth of feeling one expects from Tom Robbins.”—Chicago Tribune

©2010 David James Duncan (P)2024 Random House Audio

David James Duncan is my favorite all time author!

Love long books especially ones written by this author. He has this ability to make you believe every word with great interest because he writes with humor, passion, pain, and hope. I wish he had dozens of books available.

how good it was

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Wow!!

This book is incredible. It’s fantastic and worth every second. Thank you, David James Duncan!!

What a Saga.

Very well written story with lots of smiles and cries. Hit close to home with where I grew up up.

Amazing read!

I loved these books. An amazing story through and through. I just wish he would have elaborated more on Peter’s journey home from India. Other than that a fantastic listen!

Magnificent book

This is a wonderful treatise on family through the lenses of spirituality, war, and of course baseball. It is perhaps the most real love story I have ever read. The book is nothing short of magnificent.

a book about family that doesn't shy away from the hard not so lovely portions

David james Duncan is a literary giant now and this book was second only to his magnum opus Sun house. a fantastic story about a dysfunctional family and thier many ups and downs that feel familiar and interesting to the reader. I highly recommend all of his books

an American classic

this is one of the best books I have ever come across. Duncan should be remembered in the same breath as Stegner and Steinbeck

Just couldn't go on

This book was recommended to me many times. The reviews are great, too. I should have listened to my first instincts when in the opening chapter the author goes on and on describing his dad's ashtray & cigarette smoke...I kept hoping for a story but about 3 hours I just had to give up. Alas the prospect of another 20 hours of the same was just too much.