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From one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers, a spectacularly riveting novel based on a real-life multiple murder by a con man who preyed on widows - a story that has haunted Jayne Anne Phillips for more than four decades. In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, mother of three, is lonely and despairing, pressed for money after the sudden death of her husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a chivalrous, elegant man named Harry Powers, who promises to cherish and protect her, ultimately to marry her and to care for her and her children. Weeks later, all four Eichers are dead.
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It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned; the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
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The Mark and the Void
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While marooned at his banking job in the bewilderingly damp and insular realm known as Ireland, Claude Martingale is approached by a down-on-his-luck author, Paul, looking for his next great subject. Claude finds that his life gets steadily more exciting under Paul's fictionalizing influence; he even falls in love with a beautiful waitress. But Paul's plan is not what it seems - and neither is Claude's employer, the Investment Bank of Torabundo, which swells through dodgy takeovers and derivatives trading until - well, you can probably guess how that shakes out.
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Well read but frustrating story
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The Barnes family is in trouble. Dickie’s once-lucrative car business is going under—but Dickie is spending his days in the woods, building an apocalypse-proof bunker with a renegade handyman. His wife, Imelda, is selling off her jewelry on eBay and half-heartedly dodging the attention of fast-talking cattle farmer Big Mike, while their teenage daughter, Cass, formerly top of her class, seems determined to binge drink her way through her final exams. As for twelve-year-old PJ, he’s on the brink of running away.
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Bone Clocks meets Jonathan Franzen
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Weighing in at 320 pounds, Winston "Tuffy" Foshay, is an East Harlem denizen who breaks jaws and shoots dogs and dreams of millions from his idea, Cap'n Crunch: The Movie, starring Danny DeVito. His best friend is a disabled Muslim who wants to rob banks, his guiding light is an ex-hippie Asian woman who worked for Malcolm X, and his wife, Yolanda, he married from jail over the phone. Shrewdly comical as this dazzling novel is, it turns acerbically sublime when the frustrated Tuffy agrees to run for City Council.
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In Donegal in the spring of 1945, a farmhand runs into a burning barn and does not come out alive. The farm's owner, Barnabas Kane, can only look on as his friend dies and all 43 of his cattle are destroyed in the blaze.
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Lynch is a master of his craft
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From one of America's most accomplished and acclaimed fiction writers, a spectacularly riveting novel based on a real-life multiple murder by a con man who preyed on widows - a story that has haunted Jayne Anne Phillips for more than four decades. In Chicago in 1931, Asta Eicher, mother of three, is lonely and despairing, pressed for money after the sudden death of her husband. She begins to receive seductive letters from a chivalrous, elegant man named Harry Powers, who promises to cherish and protect her, ultimately to marry her and to care for her and her children. Weeks later, all four Eichers are dead.
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It is 1922, and London is tense. Ex-servicemen are disillusioned; the out-of-work and the hungry are demanding change. And in South London, in a genteel Camberwell villa, a large silent house now bereft of brothers, husband, and even servants, life is about to be transformed, as impoverished widow Mrs. Wray and her spinster daughter, Frances, are obliged to take in lodgers.
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Celebrated novelist Francisco Goldman married a beautiful young writer named Aura Estrada in a romantic Mexican hacienda in the summer of 2005. The month before their second anniversary, during a long-awaited holiday, Aura broke her neck while body-surfing. Francisco, blamed for Aura’s death by her family and blaming himself, wanted to die, too.
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Say her name...but not that way
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In The Flame Alphabet, language is toxic to everyone but children. For adults this means no speaking, no reading, no writing, no listening—at least not without severe allergic reaction, depression or crippling pain.
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On the morning of December 26, 2004, on the southern coast of Sri Lanka, Sonali Deraniyagala lost her parents, her husband, and her two young sons in the tsunami she miraculously survived. In this brave and searingly frank memoir, she describes those first horrifying moments and her long journey since. She has written an engrossing, unsentimental, beautifully poised account: as she struggles through the first months following the tragedy, furiously clenched against a reality that she cannot face and cannot deny....
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Tragic. Raw. Heart-Ripping!
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Anthony Marra transports us to a snow-covered village in Chechnya, where eight-year-old Havaa watches from the woods as Russian soldiers abduct her father in the middle of the night, accusing him of aiding Chechen rebels. Across the road their lifelong neighbor and family friend Akhmed has also been watching, fearing the worst when the soldiers set fire to Havaa’s house. But when he finds her hiding in the forest with a strange blue suitcase, he makes a decision that will forever change their lives. He will seek refuge at the abandoned hospital where the sole remaining doctor, Sonja Rabina, treats the wounded.
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As a teenager on the streets of San Francisco, Alison is discovered by a photographer and swept into the world of fashion-modeling in Paris and Rome. When her career crashes and a love affair ends disastrously, she moves to New York City to build a new life. There she meets Veronica: an older wisecracking eccentric with her own ideas about style, a proofreader who comes to work with a personal "office kit" and a plaque that reads "Still Anal After All These Years".
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In 1913, before there is a rumor of war in Europe, Matthias Wrenn and Con Hatchel, lifelong friends from Ballyrannel in the Irish midlands, decide to see the world at the expense of the king of England and join the British army. A year later, while en route to India, their troop ship is recalled and they soon find themselves in the European slaughterhouse that was World War I.
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Beautiful, disturbing and unforgettable
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Amid an opulent society living under the shadow of war are four muses, women whose bodies were shown in intimate detail, depicted by the charming yet controversial artist Egon Schiele. Adele, his passionate admirer; Gertrude, his sister who survived their blighted childhood but is jealous; his mistress Vally, a poor young woman from a bad background but with steel at her core; and the two, very different, Harms sisters, both of whom vie to become Schiele’s wife. Over the course of little more than a decade, the four women risk everything as they try to hold on to the man they adore.
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Jivan is a Muslim girl from the slums, determined to move up in life, who is accused of executing a terrorist attack on a train because of a careless comment on Facebook. PT Sir is an opportunistic gym teacher who hitches his aspirations to a right-wing political party and finds that his own ascent becomes linked to Jivan's fall. Lovely—an irresistible outcast whose exuberant voice and dreams of glory fill the novel with warmth and hope and humor—has the alibi that can set Jivan free, but it will cost her everything she holds dear.
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Heartbreaking and Brilliantly Performed
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Nate Piven is a rising star in Brooklyn’s literary scene. After several lean and striving years, he has his pick of both magazine assignments and women: Juliet, the hotshot business reporter; Elisa, his gorgeous ex-girlfriend, now friend; and Hannah, "almost universally regarded as nice and smart, or smart and nice" and who holds her own in conversation with his friends. But when one relationship grows more serious, Nate is forced to consider what it is he really wants.
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The Memoirs of a Self-Indulgent Intellectual Jerk
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When a woman unexpectedly loses her lifelong best friend and mentor, she finds herself burdened with the unwanted dog he has left behind. Her own battle against grief is intensified by the mute suffering of the dog, a huge Great Dane traumatized by the inexplicable disappearance of its master, and by the threat of eviction: Dogs are prohibited in her apartment building. While others worry that grief has made her a victim of magical thinking, the woman refuses to be separated from the dog except for brief periods of time.
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Dreadful and misleading...
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After creating the perfect beat, DJ Darky goes in search of Charles Stone, a little know avant-garde jazzman, to play over his sonic masterpiece. His quest brings him to a recently unified Berlin, where he stumbles through the city's dreamy streets ruminating about race, sex, love, Teutonic gods, the prevent defense, and Wynton Marsalis in search of his artistic - and spiritual - other.
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Gen Xr's Delight
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From the best-selling author of Deacon King Kong (an Oprah Book Club pick) and The Color of Water comes the story of a young boy born a slave who joins John Brown’s antislavery crusade - and who must pass as a girl to survive. Henry Shackleford is a young slave living in the Kansas Territory in 1856 - a battleground between anti - and pro-slavery forces - when legendary abolitionist John Brown arrives. When an argument between Brown and Henry's master turns violent, Henry is forced to leave town.
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- 02-03-11
Excellent production with a different story to tel
I was frankly blown away by the production value of this audio book. With a large and talented cast reading the various parts, it felt like I was listening to the audio version of a well-done play. Kudos to the cast for an excellent job. It was probably the most enjoyable audio book that I've heard in the past two years of my audible.com membership.
Now for the story...
At first I found it a bit boring or let's say, not engaging. 14 year old boys in a Catholic middle school in Ireland isn't what I would typically expect to dive into. Furthermore, having a main character die at the beginning and then spending over half the book in a rewind of events leading up to the death isn't something I would expect to enjoy either. But the wit and believability of the author's story finally engaged me and I couldn't wait to get back into it. I also enjoyed the addition of Ruprecht's pseudo-science of string theory and black holes. Lot's of interesting topics were introduced which helped keep my interest up. Of course, the memories of boyhood awkwardness and self-absorption were relevant to the plot.
All in all, it was more than interesting and it kept me reading more and more. The ending wasn't my favorite part, but seemed somehow appropriate for this "slice of life" narrative. I didn't expect the world to be saved or a new theory of the afterlife to emerge and it didn't.
I recommend this book.
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- Boise Gal
- 02-04-18
Get ready for a kick in the groin
Let me start by saying that the narrating cast was excellent for this book. I'm quite glad I listened instead of reading the hard copy. I'm a dog walker and listen to TONS of books on audio and the audio book itself was phenomenal.
Now I've lead with that, let me also just say that I am not by any means an optimist. I am ALL FOR any story that is dark and depressing. Let me assure you that it is through this particular filter that I review this book.
If you are looking for a kick in the face followed by a kick in the throat followed by a kick in the guts and then when you're desperate for any sliver of hope in a world otherwise awful, a firm kick to the genitals....go ahead and read "Skippy Dies"....otherwise go ahead and just read Hemingway or something else more uplifting.
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- Vermonter
- 04-04-13
Too many narrators spoil the story
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I liked the story and I hated the style of the narration and half of the narrators. Every single character (and there are many) has its own narrator (although some double up). I found this extremely distracting because there would be a bit of dialog by one voice, followed by "he said" or "she said" by the main narrator. When there is a lot of dialog, it sounds like a game show. Some of the actors were good but several were not. Maybe because some had small roles, they were badly and overly dramatic and exaggerated. (I want to slap the woman who played Laurie's mother. NO ONE talks like that.) The Irish accents were inconsistent. This book would have been 10x better if Audible had just let a better narrator read the whole thing through, as is done in most books with multiple characters. The main narrator was okay, but sounded excessively excited most of the time. Overall, a disappointing and confusing experience from Audible, for what is otherwise a worthwhile read.
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- Margaret
- 06-11-16
Slow start but worth the wait.
Many times I almost shut it down because it seemed very hard to follow but I'm glad I didn't. The story became easier to understand and I was able to really get into all the characters.
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- 01-06-17
amazing
loved it loved it loved it loved it loved it loved it loved it loved it loved jt banana we have to forgive
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- Kim
- 12-06-11
Outstanding - well worth the time
I'm so glad I gave myself a second chance to listen to this book - the first time I tried I was too distracted with other things and couldn't get a mental foothold. The characters are rich and real and the story lines draw you in until the momentum picks you up and carries you away. This book gives you everything - it runs the gamut - drama, tenderness, humor, brutality, sadness, action....and the narrators do a fabulous job of portraying the cast of characters beautifully. Even though it takes place in Ireland, it doesn't take much to figure out that teenagers all over the world are going through the same struggles - and friends can be found in the most unexpected places. Get comfy and pay attention - it's definitely worth the time.
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- ArtC
- 07-14-12
Truly memorable
Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
Skippy's immediate death and its subsequent unwinding dives you straight into the heart of parochial Ireland. I'm recommending it now because I've listened to at least 100 books since this one, but it still floats up as one of my favorites when friends ask me for a recommendation.
What about the narrators’s performance did you like?
Genuine, unaffected accents and great age appropriate inflections.
If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
Yes, the title gives it away.
Any additional comments?
A must.
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- Steve
- 07-01-15
Coulda been better
An enjoyable novel, marred by all the unnecessary readers. I liked the main reader but was so distracted by the multiple readers trying to act out every little nuance....
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- Chris Dorosky
- 02-11-17
absolutely unexpectedly poignant
This book is not what you will think it is 20 minutes into it. It is a masterpiece.
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- Ruth B. Goldston
- 12-02-18
Best audiobook performance I've ever heard
The few actors who portray the many characters in this book are just amazing. Would love to know more about them and this performance. I loved the book.
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