Only on the first few chapter, and already annoyed that the narrator doesn't know how to pronounce Mary Brickell. It's BRICK-ell, not bri-CKELL. It's like nails on a chalkboard to a native Miamian.

It's by Tom Wolfe.

John Smith was a scream. Will there be a series? Least interesting--the police stuff was pretty dull and drawn out.

Not too much to choose from.

Giselaine's family and lineage.

An adeptly narrated multicultural fairytale and police procedural, written it feels on scraps torn from Wolfe’s breathless, young alter ego’s notepad. Each chapter opens with a tango, rap, salsa, balalaika fanfare, etc. I give it an "advanced" PG-13 (occasional attempts at hardcore as seen through the eyes of its innocents and always accompanied by an anti-porn or abstinence message) and a “no irony” warning for the adults.

Less predictable story line and the characters were not interesting.

Probably not.

Yes.

Cannot think of a specific one right now because I listened to the book a few weeks ago.

LDP makes all the characters come to life in what would otherwise be a less than great work by Tom Wolfe. Not saying it's bad, but not Wolfe's best ever by a fair margin.

It was a decent listen, the narrator was entertaining and the story line kept your interest, the ending was a bit slow.

It seems like a rehash of Bonfire of the Vanities. A cast of characters brought together by a racially inflammatory incident? Check. Character development that only reveals darker and darker aspects of the American personality? Check. A tension between materialism and identity politics? Check.

No, but I'm less likely to read this author in the future.

Phillips was a pretty good narrator, and kept me engaged through some very intricate prose.

I could see it being made into a movie, but that doesn't mean I'd watch it. A lot of texts get adapted that shouldn't be.

A normal narrative and shorter

I usually like Tom Wolfe but this was painful. It was WÅY too long and he kept kept kept repeating repeating repeating! It practically gave me a headache. The porn theme was a bit gratuitous.

Good voices

The story was ok and the setting was informative.

I would recommend this one to someone looking for an engaging listen. There isn't much in Back to Blood that you haven't seen in Wolfe's other recent books like Man in Full or I am Charlotte Simmons in terms of scope or structure. The characters are fairly flat in this one and some (especially the psychologist) just seem to dangle for no reason.

That said, it's Tom Wolfe so there is a great panorama and sense of time and place as he describes the high rollers of Miami.

Lastly, the production value in this one is among the best I've ever heard. Loved the musical interludes. Nice touch.

Probably the description of Flishman's twin herpes and masturbation issues. Nobody describes puss like Wolfe.

He really get into the different parts and makes good use of Wolfe's signature punctuation and description. His Cuban Spanish accents are believable without going way over the top.

This book was a tough listen I thought the story was slow developing.

I needed to become engaged with the characters, I found my mind wandering during the listen

Wolfe captures the zeitgeist of Miami. Characters perfectly rendered. Read beautifully by Lou Diamond Philips