Length2h 22m
About this audiobook
Marlin Stains is a lonely man who is filled with words. Words that he longs to share with the world but so far only shares with himself. He has over 300 notebooks brimming with them in his trailer room. A wood-paneled tomb of prose and syllable. Marlin Stains killed his brother in the womb, buried his father when he was a young man and now, a bit older, he watches the same monster devour his mother. While grappling with this, he experiences a combination of exchanges and events that point him on a new trajectory with an outcome that is both expected and anything but. Marlin Stains has learned plenty in his thirty-two years: Love never dies, it just hides for a while and gets punchy. Death is never afraid and never gives a damn. Life is a thing that stretches, sometimes so far that you forget about it until it snaps back and hurts you. A snarl is an angry sound or a tangled trap, Marlin is familiar with both.
Audiobook details
Rating★★★★ 4.5 (79)
Includes Goodreads
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length2 hrs 22 mins
Narrated byStacy Carolan
FormatAudiobook
Publish dateMay 6, 2025
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Opening Credits
26Ch 25
2Ch 01
27Ch 26
3Ch 02
28Ch 27
4Ch 03
29Ch 28
5Ch 04
30Ch 29
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6Ch 05
31Ch 30
7Ch 06
32Ch 31
8Ch 07
33Ch 32
9Ch 08
34Ch 33
10Ch 09
35Ch 34
11Ch 10
36Ch 35
12Ch 11
37Ch 36
13Ch 12
38Ch 37
14Ch 13
39Ch 38
15Ch 14
40Ch 39
16Ch 15
41Ch 40
17Ch 16
42Ch 41
18Ch 17
43Ch 42
19Ch 18
44Ch 43
20Ch 19
45Ch 44
21Ch 20
46Ch 45
22Ch 21
47Ch 46
23Ch 22
48Ch 47
24Ch 23
49Ch 48
25Ch 24
50Ch 49
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