Cool Hand Luke

De: Donn Pearce

Narrado por: Mark Hammer

Based in part on Donn Pearce’s own experiences working on a Florida road gang, this classic story of Cool Hand Luke, the defiant survivor who refused to be defeated by the forces of corrupt authority, is earthy, sensitively written, and revealing.

©1965 Donn Pearce (P)1991 Recorded Books, LLC

Great movie / great book

Always loved the movie and I found the book exceptional. Would definitely recommend both of them.

Cool Hand Luke

This was one of my mother's favorite movies. we watched it together several times. The book was better than the movie.

Fantastic.

This is a great book and the narration is excellent. Adds great depth to the movie

OMG better than movie

Yhe story, the language, the dialogue. alll simply stunning. i am gobsmacked. i had no idea that the origins of this classic movie deserves to be revered as a literary classic. The narration is no mere narration. It is a one-voice dramatic masterpiece.

Like the movie but not

If you decide to get the book please try to put the movie out of your mind. I was almost halfway thru when I decided to start from the beginning and just enjoy the story and the wonderful narrator. The performance is excellent. He gives each and every character a distinct voice full of personality and unique accents. The scene where George Kennedy has a fight with Luke just doesn't happen in the book. And I missed a third of this wonderful performance waiting and trying to match up the movie and book. That's when I started over and glad I did.

So good at capturing the human experience of mid 1900’s prison misery.

So good at capturing the human experience of mid 1900’s prison misery. Great character building and storytelling.

love the book, movie and narration

this is a great story. I know the movie from my childhood and was happy to listen. I really like this narrator too. he was great in the Forest Gump recording.

My mind plays the video of Paul Newman

A great story, narrated well. One hopes that the prison system has moved on since this was written in the 60s. I remember seeing prisoners doing exactly this sort of work as a child in the deep south. This is one story behind one of those people.

the abuse in the prison system

the understanding of the prison system years ago the hard time these guys serve and the abuse

It’s was like I was there

Few stories paint such a vivid picture and put you is the story like this one. The book opens so many facets of the Luke character than I recall from the movie. Loved this.