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Wake Up, Sir!
- A Novel
- Narrado por: Jonathan Ames
- Duración: 12 h y 33 m
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Teo Avelar is a loner. He lives with his paraplegic mother and her dog in Rio de Janeiro, he doesn't have many friends, and the only time he feels honest human emotion is in the presence of his medical school cadaver - that is, until he meets Clarice. She's almost his exact opposite: exotic, spontaneous, unafraid to speak her mind. An aspiring screenwriter, she's working on a screenplay called Perfect Days about three friends who go on a road trip across Brazil in search of romance. Teo is obsessed. He begins to stalk her, first following her to her university, then to her home....
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Creepy
- De Amazon Customer en 10-26-19
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Driving on the Rim
- De: Thomas McGuane
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The unforgettable voyager of this dark picaresque is I. B. "Berl" Pickett, M.D., whose die was probably cast the moment his mother thought to name him after Irving Berlin. Other insults piled on apace thereafter: the spasms of Pentecostal Sunday worship; the social debilitation of following his parents' itinerant rug-shampooing business; the erotic initiation at the hands of his aunt. It's hard to imagine what would have become of him had he not gone to medical school.
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Delightful
- De Roy en 01-05-11
De: Thomas McGuane
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The Eighth Commandment
- De: Lawrence Sanders
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When the Damaretion, the prized Greek coin from Archibald Havistock's collection, disappears and appraiser Mary Lou "Dunk" Bateson comes under suspicion, Bateson, a cop, and an insurance investigator set out to solve the crime.
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It was a nice listen
- De John en 10-01-12
De: Lawrence Sanders
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The Wife
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- De: Meg Wolitzer
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The moment Joan Castleman decides to leave her husband, they are 35,000 feet above the ocean on a flight to Helsinki. Joan's husband, Joseph, is one of America's preeminent novelists, about to receive a prestigious international award, and Joan, who has spent 40 years subjugating her own literary talents to fan the flames of his career, has finally decided to stop.
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A bit of a downer
- De Jody Cox en 08-01-18
De: Meg Wolitzer
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Midnight Cowboy
- De: James Leo Herlihy
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Midnight Cowboy is considered by many to be one of the best American novels published since World War II. The main story centers around Joe Buck, a naive but eager and ambitious young Texan, who decides to leave his dead-end job in search of a grand and glamorous life he believes he will find in New York City. But the city turns out to be a much more difficult place to negotiate than Joe could ever have imagined. He soon finds himself and his dreams compromised. Buck's fall from innocence and his relationship with the crippled street hustler Ratso Rizzo form the novel's emotional nucleus.
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Superb
- De Macala Shon en 01-26-21
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Eat the Document
- De: Dana Spiotta
- Narrado por: Rachael Warren
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In the heyday of the 1970s underground, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Whittaker - passionate, idealistic, and in love - design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again. Now it is the 1990s. Mary lives in the suburbs with her 15-year-old son, who spends hours immersed in the music of his mother's generation.
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Great ensemble piece!
- De Buyer009 en 08-08-17
De: Dana Spiotta
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The Lost Weekend
- De: Charles Jackson
- Narrado por: Donald Corren
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It is 1936, and on the East Side of Manhattan, a would-be writer named Don Birnam decides to have a drink. And then another, and then another, until he's in the midst of what becomes a five-day binge. A classic tale of one man's struggle with alcoholism, this revolutionary novel remains Charles Jackson's best-known book - a daring autobiographical work that paved the way for contemporary addiction literature.
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What a terrific audiobook!
- De Bill en 11-10-14
De: Charles Jackson
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God-Shaped Hole
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- De: Tiffanie DeBartolo
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When Beatrice Trixie Jordan replies to a personal ad, she meets Jacob Grace, a charming, effervescent 30-something free-spirit writer passionately seeking life. He possesses his own turns of phrase and ways of thinking and feeling that dissonantly harmonize with Trixie's off-center vision. As they rollercoaster through the joys and furies of their wrenching romance, they try to come to terms with the hurt brought about by both of their distant fathers who, in different ways, forsook them.
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To see a fortune teller or not to see one...
- De Renee en 08-08-18
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The Pull of the Moon
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In the middle of her life, Nan decides to leave her husband at home and begin an impromptu trek across the country, carrying with her a turquoise leather journal she intends to fill. The Pull of the Moon is a novel about a woman coming to terms with issues of importance to all women. In her journal, Nan addresses the thorniness - and the allure - of marriage, the sweet ties to children, and the gifts and lessons that come from random encounters.
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For women over 50
- De Laura en 07-07-15
De: Elizabeth Berg
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- Michael Dinovi
- 11-22-06
Paula is right!
I am sure, by listening carefully, that this is a funny book and a worthy representation of P.G. Wodehouse. It is also the absolutely worst reading by the author that I have ever experienced. I always like author-read works, as who knows better what they had in mind when the words were written? Paula (see other review) has nailed all the adjectives I would have used. The story is funny though.
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- Marlina
- 08-28-08
Authors Shouldn't Narrate
If you can get past the dull narration by the author(sorry!), the book is actually quite good. A modern, American, take on Wodehouse. Very funny!
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- 09-09-11
really enjoyable
I listened to all of his audiobooks. While this one is not my favorite, I really enjoyed it. Especially the way he reads the book by himself. It is true that he might vocally "downgrade" his story with a not as enthusiastic style as other narrators might have. But it absolutely fits the story. His reading accompanies the absurdity of it in a way that it doesn't get silly but stays funny.
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- LB in Dallas
- 11-20-06
Speed it up for a better listen!
I read the previous review but bought it on sale anyway figuring, how bad can it be after all. It was bad. Then I went to my Ipod settings and changed the speed from Normal to Faster. It makes a huge difference! Much more pleasant listening at the faster speed. I haven't finished it yet but thought I would pass this tip along in case anyone else who bought this didn't know about the speed setting. The book is entertaining so far.
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- Rum Doodler
- 01-30-14
The narration kills it
Would you say that listening to this book was time well-spent? Why or why not?
No, it was the first audiobook (in hundreds) that I couldn't bear to finish. The narration was simply that awful.
What was the most interesting aspect of this story? The least interesting?
I love Wodehouse, and I really love the author's Bored to Death TV show, so I thought this book might be a perfect mix. It may well be, but not in audio format.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narration was monotone, but I've listened to other monotone narrations (Kramer's narration of the Butcher Boy series, for example) that were excellent. No, it's just that the narration was terrible. With professional narration, it might be an excellent audiobook.
If this book were a movie would you go see it?
I won't know until and if I read the book.
Any additional comments?
Apologies to Jonathan Ames for picking on his narration. His TV series Bored to Death is fantastic, and I know the man has a great deal of talent. But narration is definitely not one of them. I only wish I could have found out if writing a book is.
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- Jeff M.
- 02-16-22
not at all Wodehousian
To simply borrow a character as beloved as Reginald Jeeves is not enough.
there was no attempt at all to mimic the style or plot structure of PGW.
this book had fun moments, but it certainly is not N homage to my favorite author.
Go try Sebastián Faulks: he does a Jeeves story well.
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- Angie
- 03-02-08
Yawn
I wanted to like this book. The pace was exceedingly slow, and the story was making no progress. The main character was so bleak and lifeless that I eventually just gave up on the book and actually deleted it from my library.
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- Geraldine
- 02-24-07
Poster child
I nominate the author to be the poster child for authors who should not do an audio of their books. On top of that, PG Wodehouse would be furious if he knew the use Jeeves was being put to in this inferior work. I like PG, and find this attempt to mimic him, using Brit word usage with an alleged American Jew as the "Wooster" to the calm and unflappable Jeeves sorry at best and outrageous at worse. Definitely not a Wodehouse. Pick up a true PG Wodehouse, and put this one in that circular container under your desk known as File 13. You know, the one that gets emptied frequently.
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- Paula
- 11-12-06
Read it, DON'T listen to it!
I think this is probably going to be a very entertaining book to read. It's a spot-on recreation of the style of P. G. Wodehouse's "Jeeves and Wooster" stories, set in modern day.
BUT... why do authors think it's a good idea to do their own audiobooks?? What a dreadful reading this is! Monotone, boring, no vocal characterisations, no inflections at all! Ames could be reading stock quotes, it's so tedious.
So my recommendation is, get a copy of the book, read it, and imagine Jonathan Cecil or Martin Jarvis narrating it. You'll have a much mroe enjoyable experience.
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- Sherray
- 01-06-09
Very funny...
I liked the book, but didn't like the narrator's voice.His slow,nasal tone could put people to sleep.
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