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Title: The Game Player
Author: Rafael Yglesias
Narrator: Paul Heitsch
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-06-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The critically acclaimed novel from a master of contemporary American fiction - now available as an ebook.
A story of genius, performance, and the psychological forces that drive the competitive spirit.
Brian Stoppard is blessed with prodigious natural talents. Howard Cohen, less so. Starting in middle school in New York, Howard watches Brian effortlessly win at everything he tries: Hes a natural chess champion, a perfect athlete, a brilliant student. As the two move through life as friends and competitors, Brians easy success is a constant source of envy, awe, and inspiration for the ambitious but less-gifted Howard.
Told with great humor and style, The Game Player is a story of those born to greatness and those who must strive for it.
Members Reviews:
Outstanding!
Friends for life. Is there any such thing? Can you be friends with someone for life? In this story it makes you believe that you can. Howard Cohen and his family move to New York and into their new home. Howard has never been good on making friends and he's been used to not having friends until the day he meets Brian. They become friends almost immediately, lifelong friends. Brian Stoppard is a unique young boy who seems to be blessed with natural talents that continue into adulthood.Brian never loses at anything. It's an odd gift to have, a gift at never losing, never losing at things he's never even tried before. However, Howard doesn't have a talent at winning at anything.From the start of middle school Howard begins to watch Brian as he wins at everything he does or tries. It seems as Brian is a natural chess player, a brilliant student, and a perfect athlete. The two move through life as friends and even as competitors. Howard is in awe of and he's ambitious to be like Brian.
In all honesty I don't normally listen to these types of books, I've never found them enjoyable, that is until this story. Paul Heitsch does a perfect job with his narration of this story. He does a superb job with distinguishing the main characters from young boys to adults, I loved how he changes his voice. He even did an exceptional job with the voices of a woman. I find that really hard for men to do and some really can't change their voice to a woman and make it sound good, like a woman. Paul didn't have any trouble with doing this at all. The book consisted mostly of male characters but there were times when he had to change his voice to sound like a woman. I found Paul Heitsch to be wonderful and he performed the story with great talent. If it weren't for Paul, I honestly don't think that I would've found this story so enjoyable. I want to say thank you to Paul if he ever happens to read this. Thank you Paul for making this story such a great listen. I also just listened to another audio book that Paul narrated called, The Devouring. Paul's talents show much more with this book. The Devouring is a book for teens and adults. I will post my review soon. I really look forward to listening to more audio books by this author.
Rafael Yglesias wrote this book in 1978. I'm extremely thankful that I listened to this story because it addresses some lifelong things, life lessons that we all could learn from. This book was exceptionally great and it was written with pure perfection.
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Title: The Game Player
Author: Rafael Yglesias
Narrator: Paul Heitsch
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 11 mins
Language: English
Release date: 03-06-14
Publisher: Audible Studios
Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 4 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
The critically acclaimed novel from a master of contemporary American fiction - now available as an ebook.
A story of genius, performance, and the psychological forces that drive the competitive spirit.
Brian Stoppard is blessed with prodigious natural talents. Howard Cohen, less so. Starting in middle school in New York, Howard watches Brian effortlessly win at everything he tries: Hes a natural chess champion, a perfect athlete, a brilliant student. As the two move through life as friends and competitors, Brians easy success is a constant source of envy, awe, and inspiration for the ambitious but less-gifted Howard.
Told with great humor and style, The Game Player is a story of those born to greatness and those who must strive for it.
Members Reviews:
Outstanding!
Friends for life. Is there any such thing? Can you be friends with someone for life? In this story it makes you believe that you can. Howard Cohen and his family move to New York and into their new home. Howard has never been good on making friends and he's been used to not having friends until the day he meets Brian. They become friends almost immediately, lifelong friends. Brian Stoppard is a unique young boy who seems to be blessed with natural talents that continue into adulthood.Brian never loses at anything. It's an odd gift to have, a gift at never losing, never losing at things he's never even tried before. However, Howard doesn't have a talent at winning at anything.From the start of middle school Howard begins to watch Brian as he wins at everything he does or tries. It seems as Brian is a natural chess player, a brilliant student, and a perfect athlete. The two move through life as friends and even as competitors. Howard is in awe of and he's ambitious to be like Brian.
In all honesty I don't normally listen to these types of books, I've never found them enjoyable, that is until this story. Paul Heitsch does a perfect job with his narration of this story. He does a superb job with distinguishing the main characters from young boys to adults, I loved how he changes his voice. He even did an exceptional job with the voices of a woman. I find that really hard for men to do and some really can't change their voice to a woman and make it sound good, like a woman. Paul didn't have any trouble with doing this at all. The book consisted mostly of male characters but there were times when he had to change his voice to sound like a woman. I found Paul Heitsch to be wonderful and he performed the story with great talent. If it weren't for Paul, I honestly don't think that I would've found this story so enjoyable. I want to say thank you to Paul if he ever happens to read this. Thank you Paul for making this story such a great listen. I also just listened to another audio book that Paul narrated called, The Devouring. Paul's talents show much more with this book. The Devouring is a book for teens and adults. I will post my review soon. I really look forward to listening to more audio books by this author.
Rafael Yglesias wrote this book in 1978. I'm extremely thankful that I listened to this story because it addresses some lifelong things, life lessons that we all could learn from. This book was exceptionally great and it was written with pure perfection.