Length28h 59m
About this audiobook
At the end of World War II, twenty-year-old Vera is brutally raped by an unknown assailant. From that rape is born a boy named Fred, a misfit who later becomes a talented boxer. Vera's young son, Barnum, forms a special but bizarre relationship with his half brother, fraught with rivalry and dependence as well as love. "I should have been your father," Fred tells Barnum, "instead of the fool who says he is."It is Barnum, who is now a screenwriter with a fondness for lies and alcohol, who narrates his family's saga. As he shares his family's history, he chronicles generations of independent women and absent and flawed men whom he calls the Night Men. Among them is his father, Arnold, who bequeaths to Barnum his circus name, his excessively small stature, and a con man's belief in the power of illusion.Filled with a galaxy of finely etched characters, this prize-winning novel is a tour de force and a literary masterpiece richly deserving of the accolades it has received.
Audiobook details
GenreGeneral Fiction
Length28 hrs 59 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateAug 1, 2013
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1Translator’s Note
26Barnum’s Ruler
2Prologue
27The Mole (pt. 1)
3The Last Manuscript: The Festival
28The Mole (pt. 2)
4The Women
29The North Pole
5The Drying Loft
30Dancing School (pt. 1)
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6The Apartment
31Dancing School (pt. 2)
7The Dove
32The Tree
8The Ring
33The Parcel
9The Telegraph Exchange
34Nude
10The Button
35The Labyrinth
11Spring
36The Coffin
12The Clock
37The Accident
13Blåsen
38Discus and Death
14The Name
39Funeral
15A Suitcase Of Applause
40Punishment (pt. 1)
16The Wind (pt. 1)
41Punishment (pt. 2)
17The Wind (pt. 2)
42Punishment (pt. 3)
18The Laughter
43Punishment (pt. 4)
19Barnum
44Hunger (pt. 1)
20Baptism (pt. 1)
45Hunger (pt. 2)
21Baptism (pt. 2)
46Hunger (pt. 3)
22The Name of Silence (pt. 1)
47Hunger (pt. 4)
23The Name of Silence (pt. 2)
48Fattening
24The Obituary
49The Electric Theater
25The Divine Comedy
50The Nameplate
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