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The Shipping News (Audio Cassette) (Abridged)
The Shipping News - Audio Cassette - Abridged
Author: Annie Proulx, Robert Joy (Narrator)
At thirty-six, Quoyle, a third-rate newspaperman, is wrenched violently out of his workaday life when his two-timing wife gets her just desserts. He retreats with his two daughters to his ancestral home on the starkly beautiful Newfoundland coast, where a rich cast of local characters all play a part in Quoyle's struggle to reclaim his life....  more »
ISBN-13: 9780743519786
ISBN-10: 0743519787
Publication Date: 12/1/2001
Edition: Abridged
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4.8 stars, based on 8 ratings
Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
Members Wishing: 0
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reviewed The Shipping News (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on + 15 more book reviews
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I was eager to begin this book, winner of the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, 1994, and the National Book Award, 1993. Fifteen minutes into it, it seemed to be headed somewhere I didn't want to go, so I abandoned the listening of it. Had I known it had been made into an R rated movie, I might have been forewarned.

Not my cup of tea.
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The Shipping News is a lovely book. This is an abridged recording that lasts 4.5 hours but it done extremely well.
reviewed The Shipping News (Audio Cassette) (Abridged) on
I think this author's work is very lyrical and best experienced aloud - perfect for an audiobook. Very interesting, quirky characters and a realistic plot. If you saw the movie, don't judge it by that; the movie was horrible.
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Very different! Held my interest!


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