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On the Road
- Narrated by: David Carradine
- Length: 2 hrs and 35 mins
- Abridged Audiobook
- Release date: 05-15-09
- Language: English
- Publisher: Penguin Audio
Regular price: $10.50
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Publisher's Summary
On the Road is the classic story of two such characters: Sal Paradise and Dean Moriarty, who set off on an odyssey through mid-century underground America, fueled by jazz, sex, drugs, mystical philosophy, and a limitless passion for experience.
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- Helen Milenski
- 10-18-16
David Carradine's voice is Sal Paradise.
I have read this book several times. I still cried when Carradine read the last lines. Perfect.
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- Kendall Pelish
- 01-27-18
Abridged
This is an abridged version but I do like the narrator. Remember you can return any book.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Hannah
- 12-11-17
not the full book
for whatever reason this is not full book and that’s very misleading as it’s the first book that comes up when you search for the book
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- Stone Rainey
- 09-20-17
Not the full book
No where near the full thing. It skips a huge amount of detail, posts made no sense.
1 of 1 people found this review helpful
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- George
- 04-03-17
Highly Recommended for anyone at a life crossroads or in a midlife crisis!!!
"Memories and dreams are intermixed in this mad universe." ---Jack Kerouac
"I have nothing to offer anyone except my own confusion." ---Jack Kerouac
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- Amy Blain
- 08-28-18
If mouth noises bother you, get another version
I am so glad this was only a two hour book. The narrator smacks and swallows loudly through the whole thing. It honestly made me ill.
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- eric p
- 04-21-18
not the whole book.
in fact about nine hours shy of the whole story. I feel ripped off. not worth paying for
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- David L.
- 05-22-17
That was awful!
All the hype I've heard about this over the years. I made myself finish it in hope of finding something interesting, and wanting to be fair with my assessment. You're not missing a thing by skipping this book.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
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- christina
- 02-27-17
Breathy & stomach growls
The narrator had a nice voice but the constant swallowing sounds, stomach growls & background noise took me out of the story because it was too distracting.
1 of 2 people found this review helpful
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- Ashley
- South Pasadena, CA, United States
- 12-07-10
Amazon.com links incorrectly!
If you linked here from the Amazon.com page for the wonderful Matt Dillon narration of ON THE ROAD... well, you are out of luck. Audible downloads this one. Eh. Not the same. Dillon sounds like a young guy regaling his travels with his good friend Dean as he reaches that moment of adulthood when you realize that those benny-dreams are ending and new chapters (whole books!) are starting.
Carradine's voice is... is it wrong to say too old? Too tired? Lacks the energy. More of a man in the December of his days desperately recalling his May days, but...
Ain't the same. Ain't the same.
Fives star book, but this ain't a 5 star reading.
5 of 13 people found this review helpful