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Bock's debut novel is among the most acclaimed of 2008, which makes it surprising that its audio version would appear in a truncated, abridged version. Even in the shortened version, Mark Deakins's reading is mostly solid. Deakins's subdued baritone is deeply soothing, which makes the book perhaps more relaxing than Bock might have intended his jarring portrait of Las Vegas's shattered youth to be. The only real miscalculation in Deakins's reading is when he attempts the voices of Bock's hip-hop–wannabe teenagers. The effect is more ludicrous than accurate and makes for a harsh interruption to his otherwise fluid reading. On second thought, perhaps that does fulfill the book's intent to occasionally shock.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved. --This text refers to the Audio CD edition.
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Ravishing and raw...What should be said of the results of his labors? One word: bravo! As corruptly compelling as Vegas, and as beautiful as the illusions its characters cling to for survival... -- The New York Times Book Review His ability to share a deep understanding of America ... gives the book a whiff of greatness -- Washington Post 'It's wholly original - dirty, fast and hypnotic.' -- Esquire Magazine Has great energy and some lovely writing. Bears comparison to Jonathan Franzen's The Corrections or Richard Ford's Frank Bascombe novels. -- Sydney Morning Herald The brilliant sentence-on-sentence prose gives the book its power an impressive novel -- The London Paper 'Beautiful Children careens from the seedy to the beautiful, the domestic to the epic, all with huge and exacting heart.' -- Jonathan Safran Foer 'It is stunning, near genius. Beautiful Children is brutal, erotic and like a wild potentially dangerous rideit could crash at any moment. The language has a rhythm wholly its owna nervous kind of be-bob. It is as though Bock saved up everything for this momenta major new talent.' -- A. M. Homes 'Beautiful Children is a fucking mind-blower! It is so good practically every sentence shines. You've got a sensation on your hands.' -- Sean Wilsey, author of Oh The Glory Of It All 'Beautiful Children is one of the finest first novels I have ever read. Brilliant, simmering, erotic, this dark adventure takes the world apart and offers it to you, piece by heart-stopping piece.' -- Allison Smith, author of Name all the Animals Rich and compelling -- LA Times
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