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Gripping, cynical French story telling.

Revisado: 09-22-24

Truly the original game of thrones. Stands up to hearing again. Great characterization high and low.

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Ok story. Wayyy too much creaky exposition.

Revisado: 02-29-24

As I said. Done from outline, as I understand, and not really fleshed out. Much too much telling and not enough showing. Lead bad gal is a stereotypical femme fatale. Atttufe towards US and Swedeish secret police and spies far too respectful.

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Fine book, excellent presentation

Revisado: 02-26-23

Burke is a neonoir poet. This is one of his best. The reading is excellent. Well worth your time

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Beautiful and heartbreaking

Revisado: 02-16-23

What an incredible first novel. Just read it. Hear it. Morrison is a great reader as well as a great storyteller.

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Glorious Faust story set in Stalinist Moscow

Revisado: 02-15-23

The masterpiece of magical socialist realism, hilarious and deep, deft and light of touch, with only the most delicate allusion To the great terror than raging. Excellent narration, fluid translation. Stop what you’re doing and listen to it.

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THE Great American Novel, masterly narration

Revisado: 02-15-23

Nothing I could say could add to the entirely justified reputation of this book. It’s laugh out loud hilarious and morally deep, the most antiracist novel written by a white person. Nothing can match the turn where Huck decides he’ll go to hell (by his lights) and free his friend. The narration is excellent and accents are perfect. This time through, I was struck by how many turns of phrase and expressions have survived to the present day. (And some haven’t, land sakes.) I’m only sorry that it’s over so soon.

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A fabulously weird Hollywood Neo noir magical realist adventure.

Revisado: 01-14-23

I love this book. I have heard it twice, each time, it is full of wonderful surprises and unexpected turns. Lisa Novo is a new heroine of mine, and I plan to put the book on the rotation of things I read or hear repeatedly, as soon as each hearing has been long enough since the last that I have forgotten many of the details. The reader is excellent and the production is superb. Five stars.

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Really liked this one

Revisado: 02-27-22

I've been a fan of Tros Kendall County books for more than 25 years, appreciating the power of good novelistic storytelling combined with correct legal procedure, often essential to the story. As here. This is one that I had not read before, but after recently hearing a number of others, good as they are, I think it may be the best that I've read of his. Turow is a master of intricate plotting and surprises that actually surprise, as well as leaving you in suspense about whether the gun on stage in the first act, gun or not, it's going to go off, you know it is, but when and how, that's something else.

He's also superb with multiple perspectives, although I wonder what women think of his female perspectives, particularly around the sex scenes. A major reservation, and this book is less problematic than some of his, is some unacceptable portrayal of Black people, not intended to be racist, but from the perspective of 2022, none the less actually racist, and it's quite disturbing. This is much less intrusive in reversible areas that in some books, such as Laws of our Fathers, Which manages to bollocks up sixties radicalism in a major way. As a Chicago lawyer, it's fun to see his Roman a clef versions of things I know, such as the Lincoln judge, but that's just an additional benefit.

The performance is good, although the transitions from one scene to another or sometimes a little bit peculiar in the sound quality, as if it pasted recordings together without concerning themselves about whether they really fit. Nonetheless, it's a good story, well narrated, worth listening to or reading.

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