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Title: The Pesthouse
Author: Jim Crace
Narrator: Michael Kramer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-18-07
Publisher: Books on Tape
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 64 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Franklin Lopez and his brother, Jackson, are only days away from the ocean when Franklin, nearly crippled by an inflamed knee, is forced to stop. In the woods near his temporary refuge, Franklin comes upon an isolated stone building. Inside he finds Margaret, a woman with a deadly infection and confined to the Pesthouse to sweat out her fever.
Tentatively, the two join forces and make their way through the ruins of old America. Confronted by bandits rounding up men for slavery, finding refuge in the Ark, a religious community that makes bizarre demands on those they shelter, Franklin and Margaret find their wariness of each other replaced by deep trust and an intimacy neither one has ever experienced before.
Critic Reviews:
"[The book] is never funny, but Crace's mordant humor shines darkly, making it both provocative and winsome." (Los Angeles Times)
Members Reviews:
Just missed it
This could have been a really good book but there was no preface to tell how people got in the situation they are in. Nothing about the disaster at all. More like a book from the 17th century than a holocaust novel. That said it is a good story which is why I gave it four stars but I did not like the narrator. Very flat and unexciting. The Road was better. Check the narration and if it is ok to you then download.
wish I'd read the other reviews
Like others have said, not a lot of context around this story which makes it hard to understand. I could handle that if the narrator were better or the characters were compelling. I didn't really feel myself caring about the characters or their relationship.
The narrator was incredibly monotone - I'll actually keep him on a list of narrators to avoid.
It ranbles and rambles
This is the first audio book I have not cared for. The premise is sound but the storyline is tiring.
I had to force myself to stick with this one. If your interested in this genre I suggest The Road by Cormac Mcarthy
The Pesthouse
You have no idea what happend to the U.S. in this book,,It was just about outlaw crazy ppl in the future that seemed to be set in the 1800's in early America and some wierd flux disease.What killed the ppl in Rivertown methane?? Who knows,,what a waste of money.
Beware of the Pesthouse
If you liked The Road, youll love the Pesthouse. If you found the Road, drawn out, boring with a lackluster finish, you wont like The Pesthouse. Count me in with the second group. This is my second attempt to find a good book that deals with the post-apocalyptic America theme, but after reading both The Pesthouse and The Road, Im still looking
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Title: The Pesthouse
Author: Jim Crace
Narrator: Michael Kramer
Format: Unabridged
Length: 8 hrs and 23 mins
Language: English
Release date: 05-18-07
Publisher: Books on Tape
Ratings: 3 of 5 out of 64 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
Franklin Lopez and his brother, Jackson, are only days away from the ocean when Franklin, nearly crippled by an inflamed knee, is forced to stop. In the woods near his temporary refuge, Franklin comes upon an isolated stone building. Inside he finds Margaret, a woman with a deadly infection and confined to the Pesthouse to sweat out her fever.
Tentatively, the two join forces and make their way through the ruins of old America. Confronted by bandits rounding up men for slavery, finding refuge in the Ark, a religious community that makes bizarre demands on those they shelter, Franklin and Margaret find their wariness of each other replaced by deep trust and an intimacy neither one has ever experienced before.
Critic Reviews:
"[The book] is never funny, but Crace's mordant humor shines darkly, making it both provocative and winsome." (Los Angeles Times)
Members Reviews:
Just missed it
This could have been a really good book but there was no preface to tell how people got in the situation they are in. Nothing about the disaster at all. More like a book from the 17th century than a holocaust novel. That said it is a good story which is why I gave it four stars but I did not like the narrator. Very flat and unexciting. The Road was better. Check the narration and if it is ok to you then download.
wish I'd read the other reviews
Like others have said, not a lot of context around this story which makes it hard to understand. I could handle that if the narrator were better or the characters were compelling. I didn't really feel myself caring about the characters or their relationship.
The narrator was incredibly monotone - I'll actually keep him on a list of narrators to avoid.
It ranbles and rambles
This is the first audio book I have not cared for. The premise is sound but the storyline is tiring.
I had to force myself to stick with this one. If your interested in this genre I suggest The Road by Cormac Mcarthy
The Pesthouse
You have no idea what happend to the U.S. in this book,,It was just about outlaw crazy ppl in the future that seemed to be set in the 1800's in early America and some wierd flux disease.What killed the ppl in Rivertown methane?? Who knows,,what a waste of money.
Beware of the Pesthouse
If you liked The Road, youll love the Pesthouse. If you found the Road, drawn out, boring with a lackluster finish, you wont like The Pesthouse. Count me in with the second group. This is my second attempt to find a good book that deals with the post-apocalyptic America theme, but after reading both The Pesthouse and The Road, Im still looking