E-audiobook
The adventures of Augie March
Record details
- ISBN: 9780786155774 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
- ISBN: 0786155779 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book)
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Physical Description:
electronic resource
remote - Publisher: Ashland : Blackstone Audio, 2007.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | Downloadable audio file. Title from: Title details screen. Unabridged. Duration: 22:14:53. |
| Participant or Performer Note: | Read by Tom Parker. |
| System Details Note: | Requires OverDrive Media Console (WMA file size: 319784 KB; MP3 file size: 627104 KB). Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Americans -- Mexico -- Fiction Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction Chicago (Ill.) -- Fiction Depressions -- Fiction Young men -- Fiction Mexico -- Fiction |
| Genre: | Audiobooks. |
Electronic resources
Summary:
This grand-scale heroic comedy tells the story of the exuberant young Augie, a poor Chicago boy growing up during the Depression. While his neighborhood friends all settle down into their various chosen professions, Augie, as particular as an aristocrat, demands a special destiny. He latches on to a wild succession of occupations, proudly rejecting each one as too limiting. It is not until he tangles with a glamorous perfectionist named Thea, a huntress with a trained eagle, that his independence is seriously threatened. Luckily, his nature, like the eagle's, breaks down under the strain. He goes on to recruit himself to even more outlandish projects, but always ducks out in time to continue improvising his unconventional career.
