Last Call

De: Tim Powers

Narrado por: Bronson Pinchot

Scott Crane abandoned his career as a professional poker player 20 years ago and hasn’t returned to Las Vegas, or held a hand of cards, in 10 years. But troubling nightmares about a strange poker game he once attended on a houseboat on Lake Mead are drawing him back to the magical city. For the mythic game he believed he won did not end that night in 1969—and the price of his winnings was his soul. Now, a pot far more strange and perilous than he ever could imagine depends on the turning of a card.

Enchantingly dark and compellingly real, this World Fantasy Award–winning novel is a masterpiece of magic realism set in the gritty, dazzling underworld known as Las Vegas.

.©1992 Tim Powers (P)2010 Blackstone Audio, Inc.

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A dizzying, stimulating magnum opus.” ( USA Today)

“Brilliant! Compelling and satisfying! Tim Powers is one of our best writers, and Last Call is his best book yet.” (Raymond E. Feist)

“Distinctive and commanding…a strikingly inventive novel.” ( Publishers Weekly)

Interesting and Strange

The narration on this is terrific. The story is bizarre but gripping. Definitely, a new twist on Sin City gangsters ...

not for the faint of heart

Any additional comments?

tim powers is awesome but dark and deep especially in audio. have a light on and someone there to hold your hand in the spooky bits... and make sure you have enough time. you wont want to put this book down!

Great Book

Someone told me this was their favorite book. I can see why. I didn't know what was going on for the first half of the book. This was intentional, I'm certain. It was entertaining from the beginning, and the intrigue added to the book as the story unfolded.

Stop whispering!

I love the story but I hate how Bronson Pinchot whispers certain voices to the point where you can’t here them. I find myself having to turn the volume all the way up just to hear what he’s saying for some of the parts. It’s just very distracting and it’s an odd choice. There are other ways of getting across the idea of speaking quietly.

Fantastic symbolism

High stakes poker games, tarot cards or Jungian philosophy Last Call has it all.

like a fever dream

reads like a fever dream and is sometimes very hard to follow. narrator likes to wisper so low you cant hear anything and just isnt great.

Powers is Under-represented on Audible

One of the most ineteresting and lieterate fantasy writers of the last 30 years. This is an excellent listen.

5 STAR BOOK MEETS 3 TO 4 STAR READER

I love this book. I have read and reread it many times. Wonderful characters in a very original situation. It can be hard to follow but it is completely worth your patience. Bronson Pinchot does a decent job narrating.

Hard to follow

It seems to be a decent story... the reader is not the best and that always makes it hard to get thru a book... The story has many twists and turns and not all of them come clear (at least to me)... very interesting take on cards and I would never have thought of it.. so very interesting wish the reader was better... decent book

Great Story, Weird Performance

I love Powers' propensity for mixing history and the occult and in this novel he's in fine form, but the narrator insists on dropping down to a whisper whenever characters do. It makes some key lines of dialogue nearly inaudible.