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Title: The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint
Author: Brady Udall
Narrator: Scott Shina
Format: Unabridged
Length: 16 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 11-24-17
Publisher: Whole Story Audiobooks
Genres: Fiction, Literary
Publisher's Summary:
Half Apache and mostly orphaned, Edgar Presley Mint's adventures begin on an Arizona reservation at the age of seven, when the mailman's jeep accidentally runs over his head. Shunted from hospital to a school for delinquents to a Mormon foster family, comedy, pain and trouble accompany Edgar through a string of larger-than-life experiences. Through it all, listeners will root for this irresistible innocent who never truly loses heart and whose quest for the mailman leads him to an unexpected home.
Members Reviews:
Hope
After reading a review of Udall's newest novel "The Loneliest Polygamist", I was intrigued, did a little research regarding the author and discovered his acclaimed novel "The Miracle Life of Edgar Mint".
Edgar Mint is an authentic and sympathetic character. He is lovable. I found myself rooting for him during all the unfortunate events of his young life. Following an accident in which seven-year-old Edgar's head is crushed by a mail jeep, Edgar is brought back to life and the "miracles" continue.
This book is peopled with unique, strange and curious characters. Dr. Barry Pinkley is definitely one of the oddest characters. He reminds me of "Lolita's" Humbert, although the motivations behind Barry's obsession with Edgar are apparently different.
Udall, a fabulous writer, creates an essentially depressing story and yet never lets the reader get depressed. There is always hope. Edgar is always hopeful.
The writing is witty, irreverent, and even funny. It is also crass and vulgar and describes some of the more dark realities of our world. I would advise my more sensitive friends in the book club to avoid it. Everyone else should find it, read it and enjoy.
Edgar Mint vs Owen Meany
If you liked the book "A Prayer for Owen Meany" you will love this book. Poor Edgar cannot get a break - which makes for a good read. A satisfying story. Some of Edgar's misadventures were almost too hard to read - but I persevered and was rewarded at the end.
One remarkable story everyone should read......it tore my heart to bits!!!!
A heartbreaking but ultimately triumphant work of incredible genius. There were times, while reading this book that I could simply not bear to go any further. Edgar is brave, lovable, loyal and heroic without having the slightest clue that he is anything of the sort. Read this book......a must, a remarkable story. From the moment in the early pages when young Edgar is run over by the mailman, as event after event in Edgar's miraculous life unfolds and through to the closing chapters, you are in for a an inspiring reading experience that will at different times leave you utterly joyous, emotional, in disbelief, and everywhere in between. It's one of those where you can't wait to find out what happens at the end, while simultaneously rationing your reading so the book doesn't end too soon. This is definitely a book you will find yourself recommending to everyone you know who reads at all - a book that has the ability to make you cry and laugh out loud often on the same page.
Oliver Twisted
Edgar Mint is the child of America's shame. Born of an ignorant caucasian wanderer and an Indian girl barely out of her teens, he belongs nowhere, is loved by noone, and stands as a mute indictment of a world filled with hypocrisy, brutality, and despair.