• You Can't Go Home Again

  • By: Thomas Wolfe
  • Narrated by: NBC Theater
  • Length: 54 mins
  • 3.4 out of 5 stars (106 ratings)

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You Can't Go Home Again

By: Thomas Wolfe
Narrated by: NBC Theater
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Publisher's summary

George Webber, a first-time author, writes a book that makes frequent references to his home town of Libya Hill. The book is a success, except in Libya Hill, where the residents believe that it paints an extremely distorted portrait of their town. They send Webber menacing letters, including death threats.

©2010 Saland Publishing (P)2010 Saland Publishing

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Terrible Audio Quality

I love Thomas Wolfe and this a a good story but this version is abridged and the audio quality is terrible. It has that crackling noise in the background and it's painful to listen to.

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  • 08-22-18

Don't waste your time or money

This recording skips and repeats. I'm surprised something of this bad quality is even on Audible. It isn't the book either.

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Pretty darn good

Loved the performances, and I adored the themes, but the ending was a bit lacking

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Not the whole book but a great performance of it

This is the first Wolfe novel I’ve read (listened to) and I loved it. I’ll have to get the unabridged version of it to get the full picture, but the actors performed very well in this, well worth the listen.

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worthless at any ptice

why are people doing bad copies of old scratchy records and selling them on audible?
i thought there was some rudimentary quality control and i was wrong.
this static filled rendering of an old album comes complete with a scratch and repeated dialog about half way through.
most excellently dissappointed

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this little short story book was fantastic.

the book was well written and the characters were awesome the music was great everything about the book was fantastic.

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Wrong title for the novel

Not written by Thomas Wolfe and titled incorrectly. This is a dramatic reproduction giving a short interpretation of the book by the same name.

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Audio

The musical interlude’s volume was so loud I had to turn down the audio every time it came on. Then the characters can’t be heard until the volume is turned back up.
This goes on for the full hour.

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It is a summary of the novel

Sadly, this is just a summary of the novel. Yet, it captures the essence. The acting in the recording is of fairly low standard. The recording is scratchy and poor, too. Yet, the novel has substance that deserves to a part of Audible. The book deserves better.

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This is a radio play it's not the book

I expected an audio book. It's not even an abridged version. It's an over produced radio play. I am not even sure how it relates to the novel. Don't waste your money.

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