Author:
Michael Malone
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Narrator
Nick Sullivan
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Length
24 hours 59 minutes
Language
English
On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent, and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young Black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Left behind is a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that Raleigh must perform in order to rescue his father and his inheritance.
And so Raleigh and fat Mingo Sheffield (his irrepressibly loyal friend) set off on an uproarious contemporary treasure hunt through a landscape of unforgettable characters, falling into adventures worthy of Tom Jones and Huck Finn. A moving parable of human love and redemption, Handling Sin is Michael Malone’s comic masterpiece.
Michael Malone (1942–2022) authored of ten novels, a collection of short stories, and two works of nonfiction. He was educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Harvard. Among his prizes are the Edgar, the Writers Guild Award, and the Emmy.
Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.
Audiobook details
Narrator:
Nick Sullivan
ISBN:
9798212387149
Length:
24 hours 59 minutes
Language:
English
Publisher:
Blackstone Publishing
Publication date:
April 18, 2023
Edition:
Unabridged
Libro.fm rank:
#9,258 Overall
Genre rank:
#685 in Humor
Reviews
“Terribly funny, emotionally engaging, and almost impossible to set aside.”
“With this immense, joyous novel…Malone has written the best, most vibrantly comic book of his career…A delightful book that readers will want to savor—at least once.”
“Phenomenal…A hilarious success.”
“Handling Sin is a comic odyssey…Constantly sharp and funny…A knick-knack gem-crack high-time circus, with intriguing sideshows, and an abiding spirit of fun…This novel is some show.”
“This madcap book bubbles with frenzy from the first pages…with a wink to Cervantes and Dickens—as well as the Marx Brothers…A highly refreshing tale in which Malone has managed to make the bizarre hilariously credible.”
“Handling Sin is terrific…Large spirited, beautifully crafted, and extremely funny…Dozens of vivid, eccentric creatures…A dazzling display of caricature and high energy farce…Grand and lovely.”
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