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- De: Jonathan Franzen
- Narrado por: Scott Aiello
- Duración: 20 h y 51 m
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Louis Holland arrives in Boston in a spring of ecological upheaval (a rash of earthquakes on the North Shore) and odd luck: the first one kills his grandmother. Louis tries to maintain his independence, but falls in love with a Harvard seismologist whose discoveries about the earthquakes' cause complicate everything.
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Compelling Story, Ridiculous Narrator
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De: Jonathan Franzen
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A Good Country
- A Novel
- De: Laleh Khadivi
- Narrado por: Assaf Cohen
- Duración: 8 h y 55 m
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A timely novel about the radicalization of a Muslim teen in California - about where identity truly lies, and how we find it. Laguna Beach, California, 2010. Reza Courdee, a 14-year-old straight-A student and chemistry whiz, takes his first hit of pot. In as long as it takes to inhale and exhale, he is transformed from the high-achieving son of Iranian immigrants into a happy-go-lucky stoner.
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A very important contribution
- De Mia en 05-29-17
De: Laleh Khadivi
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Layover in Dubai
- A Novel
- De: Dan Fesperman
- Narrado por: Christopher Lane
- Duración: 10 h y 45 m
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Corporate auditor Sam Keller, careful to a fault, has decided to live it up for a change. And what better spot for business-class hedonism than the boomtown of Dubai, where resort islands materialize from open ocean, fortunes are made overnight, and skiers crisscross the snowy slopes of a shopping mall. But when a colleague is murdered during a night on the town, Sam soon finds himself waist-deep in a bewildering, lethal mix of mobsters, prostitutes, and crooked cops.
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Loved it!
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De: Dan Fesperman
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Too Bright to Hear Too Loud to See
- De: Juliann Garey
- Narrado por: Dan Butler
- Duración: 11 h y 7 m
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In her tour-de-force first novel, Juliann Garey takes us inside the restless mind, ravaged heart, and anguished soul of Greyson Todd, a successful Hollywood studio executive who leaves his wife and young daughter and for a decade travels the world giving free reign to the bipolar disorder he's been forced to keep hidden for almost 20 years.
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Psychosis or Syphilis?
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De: Juliann Garey
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After the Monsoon
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- De: Robert Karjel
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A Swedish army lieutenant drops dead on a shooting range in the desert. Was it an unfortunate accident - or something more nefarious? Ernst Grip, an agent of the Swedish security police, is sent to the Horn of Africa to find out. Once he’s on the ground, however, he quickly discovers he’s on his own. No one wants him snooping around - especially not the US Embassy’s CIA station. Which is no surprise, given that military transport planes are leaving from the base carrying untraceable pallets loaded with cash.
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Difficult book to review. Pulse-pounding? Not.
- De Richard Delman en 08-18-18
De: Robert Karjel
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The Year's Top Short SF Novels 5
- De: Cory Doctorow, Ken Liu, John P Murphy, y otros
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Short novels are movie-length narratives that may well be the perfect length for science fiction stories. This audio collection presents the best-of-the-best short science fiction novels published in 2014 by current and emerging masters of this vibrant form of storytelling.
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Narrator sounds like Tony Danza
- De Sean en 03-05-16
De: Cory Doctorow, y otros
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Love, Africa
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- De: Jeffrey Gettleman
- Narrado por: Charlie Thurston
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A seasoned war correspondent, Jeffrey Gettleman has covered every major conflict over the past 20 years, from Afghanistan to Iraq to the Congo. For the past decade, he has served as the East Africa bureau chief for the New York Times, fulfilling his teenage dream of living in Africa. Love, Africa is the story of how he got there - and of his difficult, winding path toward becoming a good reporter and a better man.
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Loved this book!!!
- De Benjamin en 05-26-17
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American Rust
- De: Philipp Meyer
- Narrado por: Tom Stechschulte
- Duración: 12 h y 48 m
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Set in a beautiful but economically devastated Pennsylvania steel town, American Rust is a novel of the lost American dream and the desperation-as well as the acts of friendship, loyalty, and love-that arise from its loss. From local bars to train yards to prison, it is the story of two young men, bound to the town by family, responsibility, inertia, and the beauty around them, who dream of a future beyond the factories and abandoned homes.
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A Web of Despair and Desperation
- De Darwin8u en 07-16-12
De: Philipp Meyer
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Raven Stole the Moon
- A Novel
- De: Garth Stein
- Narrado por: Jennifer Van Dyck
- Duración: 12 h y 56 m
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Jenna Rosen returns to the place in Alaska where her young son, Bobby, disappeared without a trace two years before. Jenna is determined to lay to rest the aching mystery of his death. But ancient legends may have had a hand in Bobby’s fate, forcing Jenna to sift through her own Native American ancestry to uncover the truth.
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I love this book
- De Em mom of 3 en 08-27-18
De: Garth Stein
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The Chronoliths
- De: Robert Charles Wilson
- Narrado por: Oliver Wyman
- Duración: 10 h y 19 m
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Scott Warden is a man haunted by the past-and soon to be haunted by the future. In early 21st-century Thailand, Scott is an expatriate slacker. Then, one day, he inadvertently witnesses an impossible event: the violent appearance of a 200-foot stone pillar in the forested interior. Its arrival collapses trees for a quarter mile around its base, freezing ice out of the air and emitting a burst of ionizing radiation. It appears to be composed of an exotic form of matter.
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A haunting, beautiful work...
- De M. Stephenson en 11-20-09
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How to Find Your Way in the Dark
- The Sheldon Horowitz Series, Book 1
- De: Derek B. Miller
- Narrado por: Michael Crouch
- Duración: 12 h y 23 m
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Twelve-year old Sheldon Horowitz is still recovering from the tragic loss of his mother only a year ago when a suspicious traffic accident steals the life of his father near their home in rural Massachusetts. It is 1938, and Sheldon, who was in the truck, emerges from the crash an orphan hell-bent on revenge. He takes that fire with him to Hartford, where he embarks on a new life under the roof of his buttoned-up Uncle Nate.
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Absolutely wonderful story.
- De George Thomas en 12-11-21
De: Derek B. Miller
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- Angie Tubbs
- 04-11-16
Haunting
A funny and disturbing little book. I don't know what to think about it really.
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- Zachary
- 04-27-16
Overall, a disappointment
I ordered this one on a whim, after seeing the movie preview.
I like Tom Hanks, and the story looked interesting at a glance.
Overall, the story is somewhat engaging. I spent a few chapters imagining what life in the middle east might be like and reflecting on what my life my be like when I'm an older man - like the main character of the book.
But I gave up by the middle of the (audio)book. The story plays out too slowly, is too depressing, and too sexually explicit.
It's not at all my cup of tea.
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- Josh
- 05-05-23
Sad but meaningful
Dave Eggers brings you on a vivid journey through the lens of this sad, pathetic character who is quite endearing. Felt like Willy Loman if today. And Dion Graham does a terrific job handling the narration.
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- Jordan
- 10-21-13
simple yet engaging
What did you love best about A Hologram for the King?
I lived the deep description of everything and the authors ability to transform a mundane moment into a humorous emotion filled event.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
His daughter
Which scene was your favorite?
At the hotel when he observes the life coaching class
If you could rename A Hologram for the King, what would you call it?
The desert
Any additional comments?
Good book, story wasn't as impressive as the writing.
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- Eric Briggs
- 12-16-19
really awkward love scenes
It should come as no surprise that this is not what life is like as a western contractor in the Kingdom, even though it gets some things spookily correct.
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- edgemont
- 02-26-23
walter mitty goes to Saudi Arabia
Insipid story of a soulless,,dickless little white american man who muddles around in Saudi Arabia, . Gets nowhere in his sales pitch and ;doesnt seem bothered by the rank sexism and classism around him. Gets lucky with 2 separate women who are lonely.. Both of them outclass him by miles in the fields of brains and common sense. He goes nowhere,; not even back home.
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- Darwin8u
- 07-30-12
Subtle Paean to Emptiness, Failure & Loneliness
Sad and beautiful. Eggers captures the pain, fear and insecurity of a maturing, outsourced economy and an aging, disappointed businessman. Set in the KSA, this novel reminded me of Beckett's 'Waiting for Godot' and Miller's 'Death of a Salesman' if both had been written by a Hemingway or Mailer. 'Hologram for the King' stands as a subtle paean to the emptiness, failure, loneliness, and slow economic decay (and death) we ALL experience eventually. The best parts of this novel, for me, were the interactions Alan (the protagonist) has with his Saudi driver and his female doctor. Alan's experiences with the foreign and the exotic other illuminate just how similar we are, and how absurd our self-made mental prisons appear to those we interact with. But still -- we can't help but wait for the King and hope.
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- Tammy Bogard
- 04-01-16
Meh. Felt unfinished. Plot is weak
Not a bad way to pass the time but this mid-life crisis was particularly compelling.
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- Richard
- 05-13-16
A man and his insecurities...
Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why not?
Probably not. Not much to keep you engaged.
If you’ve listened to books by Dave Eggers before, how does this one compare?
n/a
Which scene was your favorite?
Visit to the mountain village.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
It is and I won't.
Any additional comments?
Just couldn't get into it.
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- Gerald
- 10-01-12
Willie Loman for the 21st Century
Where does A Hologram for the King rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
This book holds no surprises; you can see exactly where the characters are going. You cringe for the principal character as he mismanages every situation, but had he been brilliant, the mission would still have failed. Its outcome foreordained. It is an advance look at our own self portrait. The willful tossing aside of the shredded social contract(s) that used to cushiion our lives, and the hinted at future that awaits us behind the next "free trade act".
Which scene was your favorite?
The three Chinese vans parked outside the Vendors tent. Precious. Arrogance vs preparation.
If you could take any character from A Hologram for the King out to dinner, who would it be and why?
The Saudi doctor. She was the only person in the book that displayed any humanity. Also, very sexy.
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