Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe?

A Novel

De: Brock Clarke

Narrado por: Peter Berkrot

With the comic unpredictability of a Wes Anderson movie and the inventive sharpness of a John Irving novel, author Brock Clarke introduces listeners to an ordinary man who is about to embark on an absurdly extraordinary adventure.

After his mother, a theologian and best-selling author, dies in a fiery explosion,49-year-old Calvin Bledsoe's heretofore uninspired life is upended. A stranger shows up at the funeral, claiming to be Calvin's aunt Beatrice, and insists that Calvin accompany her on a trip to Europe, immediately.

As he and Beatrice traverse the continent, it quickly becomes apparent that his aunt's clandestine behavior is leading him into danger. Facing a comic menagerie of antiquities thieves, secret agents, religious fanatics, and an ex-wife who's stalking him, Calvin begins to suspect there might be some meaning behind the madness. Maybe he's not the person he thought he was? Perhaps no one is who they appear to be? But there's little time for soul-searching, as Calvin first has to figure out why he has been kidnapped, why his aunt disappeared, and who the hell burned down his house. Powered by pitch-perfect dialogue, lovable characters, and surprising optimism, Who Are You, Calvin Bledsoe? is a modern-day Travels with My Aunt, a novel about grabbing life, and holding on-wherever it may take you.

©2019 Brock Clarke (P)2019 HighBridge, a division of Recorded Books

Hysterical!

This production is laugh out loud funny. I will never think of John Calvin the same. It’s a must listen to.

forget it

odd and unsatisfying, I kept waiting for a credible resolution. the only thing that kept me going was the narrator, no interest in his other books

Meh

I tried to stick with this book, but it got very tiresome and predictable with stock eccentric characters.