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Tinderbox
- The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
- De: Robert W. Fieseler
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
- Duración: 11 h y 25 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 69
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 63
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 63
Buried for decades, the Up Stairs Lounge tragedy has only recently emerged as a catalyzing event of the gay liberation movement. In revelatory detail, Robert W. Fieseler chronicles the tragic event that claimed the lives of 31 men and one woman on June 24, 1973, at a New Orleans bar, the largest mass murder of gays until 2016. Relying on unprecedented access to survivors and archives, Fieseler creates an indelible portrait of a closeted, blue-collar gay world that flourished before an arsonist ignited an inferno that destroyed an entire community.
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4 out of 5 stars
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New Orleanians are Picky
- De Samantha Ruegge-Winn en 10-25-19
- Tinderbox
- The Untold Story of the Up Stairs Lounge Fire and the Rise of Gay Liberation
- De: Robert W. Fieseler
- Narrado por: Paul Heitsch
Very Poor Pronunciation, Basic Writing
Revisado: 07-04-23
I was glad to finally see a book that told the story of this tragedy, but it did not meet expectations.
The author unsuccessfully and tenuously tries to connect the UpStairs fire to the broader gay liberation movement. Filled with clunky turns of phrase, the storytelling read like a Wiki 101 introduction to LGBT rights and was non-intersectional in its approach to discussing the systemic failures surrounding the response to the fire. Comparing the fire to the 16th St Baptist church bombing, a horrific hate crime, was in incredibly poor taste. The book was also marred by the author’s respectability politics.
Pronunciation of names and places was inexcusable and so poor that I could not finish the audiobook.
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Agent Running in the Field
- A Novel
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: John le Carré
- Duración: 9 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 2,217
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,968
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 1,956
Nat, a 47 year-old veteran of Britain’s Secret Intelligence Service, believes his years as an agent runner are over. He is back in London with his wife, the long-suffering Prue. But with the growing threat from Moscow Centre, the office has one more job for him. Nat is to take over The Haven, a defunct substation of London General with a rag-tag band of spies. The only bright light on the team is young Florence, who has her eye on Russia Department and a Ukrainian oligarch with a finger in the Russia pie.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Who writes “unlistenable etc. “
- De Thomas en 11-02-19
- Agent Running in the Field
- A Novel
- De: John le Carré
- Narrado por: John le Carré
Poor Editing
Revisado: 01-25-21
Extremely poor audio editing and cleanup. I struggled to listen. Mouth clicks have not been removed, and inexcusably sloppy edits abound. To those interested in this novel, I’d suggest reading a hard copy.
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