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Bad Call
- A Summer Job on a New York Ambulance
- De: Mike Scardino
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May
- Duración: 7 h y 30 m
- Versión completa
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 163
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 136
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 136
Bad Call is Mike Scardino's visceral, fast-moving, and mordantly funny account of the summers he spent working as an "ambulance attendant" on the mean streets of late-1960s New York. Fueled by adrenaline and Sabrett's hot dogs, young Mike spends his days speeding from one chaotic emergency to another. His adventures take him into the middle of incipient race riots, to the scene of a plane crash at JFK airport and into private lives all over Queens, where New Yorkers are suffering, and dying, in unimaginable ways.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I loved this book!
- De PCF en 03-10-19
- Bad Call
- A Summer Job on a New York Ambulance
- De: Mike Scardino
- Narrado por: Daniel Thomas May
Finished in One Sitting
Revisado: 12-09-18
I’m an artist in the midst of the holiday season, which means that in the year’s last quarter I spend around 16 hrs a day working on orders at my drafting table. 16 hours that I am desperate to fill with distractions.
This was one fantastic distraction! Time flew with each engrossing chapter until with dismay, I realized the book was finished and I’d listened to the entire thing in one go.
Mike Scardino provides an intense, unrelenting glimpse inside a NYC ambulance. This isn’t a novel about body horror and death, though, even as both are present (it is an ambulance, after all). Mr. Scardino’s perspective is equally beautiful and reflective as it is weary and jaded. With each hardship, he manages to leave one thoughtful instead of bogged down with angst.
Overall, a great listen! In three words: sobering, engrossing, and thoughtful.
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