Donald Westlake’s style adapts especially well to audio. It’s not hard-boiled, but it’s spare and filled with evocative description. This book is one of his earliest works and was rejected by a publisher as “too literary.” The story follows a man who is beaten by the husband of his paramour and loses his memory. The listener never knows or learns anything the main character doesn’t. This engaging device carries one along. The story is a mystery in the sense that the listener doesn’t know what’s going to happen, but there’s no real crime to solve. Stephen Thorne is solid as the narrator, effectively portraying the weariness and puzzlement of the main character. He doesn’t give each character a distinctive voice but differentiates each with slight changes in tone and pacing. R.C.G. © AudioFile 2010, Portland, Maine
Hospitalized after a liaison with another man's wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul's facing steep odds-and a bleak fate if he fails. This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man's struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.
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Hospitalized after a liaison with another man's wife ends in violence, Paul Cole has just one goal: to rebuild his shattered life. But with his memory damaged, the police hounding him, and no way even to get home, Paul's facing steep odds-and a bleak fate if he fails. This final, never-before-published novel by three-time Edgar Award winner Donald E. Westlake is a noir masterpiece, a dark and painful portrait of a man's struggle against merciless forces that threaten to strip him of his very identity.
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BN ID: | 2940169749724 |
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Publisher: | Blackstone Audio, Inc. |
Publication date: | 04/01/2010 |
Edition description: | Unabridged |
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