The Absolutist
By
John Boyne
Read by
Michael Maloney
Release:
08/20/2012
Release:
08/20/2012
Release:
08/20/2012
Release:
08/20/2012
Runtime:
8h 37m
Runtime:
8h 37m
Runtime:
8h 37m
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“A novel of immeasurable sadness, in a league with Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair. John Boyne is very, very good at portraying the destructive power of a painfully kept secret.”
John Irving, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Cider House Rules
It is September 1919: twenty-one-year-old Tristan Sadler takes a train from London to Norwich to deliver a package of letters to the sister of Will Bancroft, the man he fought alongside during the Great War.
But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will—from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.
The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and it will stay with them long after they've finished.
But the letters are not the real reason for Tristan's visit. He can no longer keep a secret and has finally found the courage to unburden himself of it. As Tristan recounts the horrific details of what to him became a senseless war, he also speaks of his friendship with Will—from their first meeting on the training grounds at Aldershot to their farewell in the trenches of northern France. The intensity of their bond brought Tristan happiness and self-discovery as well as confusion and unbearable pain.
The Absolutist is a masterful tale of passion, jealousy, heroism, and betrayal set in one of the most gruesome trenches of France during World War I. This novel will keep listeners on the edge of their seats until its most extraordinary and unexpected conclusion, and it will stay with them long after they've finished.
Release:
2012-08-20
2012-08-20
2012-08-20
2012-08-20
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
Runtime:
8h 37m
8h 37m
8h 37m
8h 37m
Format:
audio
audio
audio
audio
Weight:
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0.55 lb
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781452679365
9798200075164
9798200075171
9781452609362
Publisher:
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
Tantor
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