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The Man with the Golden Arm
- Narrated by: Malcolm Hillgartner
- Length: 14 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 07-13-09
- Language: English
- Publisher: Blackstone Audio, Inc.
- Whispersync for Voice-ready
Regular price: $25.17
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- Andrew
- Chicago, IL, United States
- 11-20-10
...but it's "paul-I-nah"!
Great performance of a wonderful book, but I was snapped out of its trance when the narrator mispronounced Paulina. Minor quibble, you should check it out!
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- Bryan Johnson
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Amazingly descriptive
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- Bernard O'Daniel
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Great Book, good performance
Excellent, bleak tale of a West Sider after the war. Truly the Native Son or Lonigan of the Polish community. My only complaint was the way the reader pronounced Paulina, which I understand non-Chicagoans not knowing. But it's strange to hear.
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- Kate
- 03-26-14
Gloomy, unengaging
The dialogue/prose is terribly dated and distracting. To redeem such a bleak story, there needed to be at least one genuinely likable character. It doesn't seem to know what it's about; I didn't get it.
0 of 3 people found this review helpful