Nightmare Alley

De: William Lindsay Gresham

Narrado por: Adam Sims

Nightmare Alley is American author William Lindsay Gresham’s first and best-known work. The novel - most admired by noir fiction fans - was published in 1946, adapted into a film in 1947 starring Tyrone Power and subsequently printed as a graphic novel by Spain Rodriquez. During the 1940s Gresham worked as an editor for a genuine crime pulp magazine in New York, during which period he wrote this book; characters range from hustlers to Machiavellian femme fatales in a dark world of show business. Stan Carlisle is an ambitious ‘carny’ who eventually becomes a spiritualist for the rich and gullible. It appears that the world is at his feet, but not everything is as it seems….

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I could not stop listening

Big big fan of the Tyrone Power Joan Blondell movie just stumbled across the book. I absolutely loved it and the narration was some of the best I've heard.

Great narration

Sims does a fantastic job with the characters. The story really comes alive. The book itself holds up really well for 1946 noir. This is worth full price.

Rather lengthy but excellent writing with incredible characters and had seen the movie

Unique Storyline as well as characters and very descriptive writing. I had seen movie seen which correlated

starts good

then drags a bit after. makes some confusing jumps in time. great narrator. its ok.

superbly surprised

This book is great. The story is HA HA( Not) funny. And they ending, I will listen again, just for the end.!
Well worth it!
ALL OF IT!.

Carny Chaos

I don't know if I really like this one or not. it is very well written with detailed visuals. the scene segues are a little tough to catch and you have to pay attention to follow the thread of the plot and who going where. it took me a while to get used to Mr gresham's writing. the finale befits the story. I thought the narrator was really excellent. it's the late 1940s and the world was certainly different.

very nice noir

Classic style, amazing narrator, sorry has interesting turns. Reminds me of James M. Cain's stories.

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Where does Nightmare Alley rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

It's in my top 5.

What about Adam Sims’s performance did you like?

There's a moment where Stanton loses it for a bit and starts laughing. I've listened to that part in this over and over. It was a caliber of performance that I've never even seen in stage plays. I was in awe of the entire thing.

A bore

Performance was awesome but story was all over the place. The premises was good but it lacked alot.

Bleak

It was an interesting story about the sleezy side of carneys and the characters on the make. I felt that it dragged in the middle but I have to admit I didn't see the ending coming so it redeemed itself somewhat. The narrator was excellent and able to fall in to many different characters. It was well written but very depressing but if you are interested in learning how cons work and how karma can bite you in the butt it's worth reading.