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Title: The Son

Author: Philipp Meyer

Narrator: Will Patton, Kate Mulgrew, Scott Shepherd, Clifton Collins, Jr.

Format: Unabridged

Length: 17 hrs and 46 mins

Language: English

Release date: 08-08-13

Publisher: Simon & Schuster UK

Genres: Fiction, Historical

Publisher's Summary:

Part epic of Texas, part classic coming-of-age story, part unflinching portrait of the bloody price of power, The Son is an utterly transporting novel that maps the legacy of violence in the American West through the lives of the McCulloughs, an ambitious family as resilient and dangerous as the land they claim.

Love, honour, children are sacrificed in the name of ambition, as the family becomes one of the richest powers in Texas, a dynasty of unsurpassed wealth and privilege. Yet, like all empires, the McCulloughs must eventually face the consequences of their choices.

Members Reviews:

Masterful

Fabulous, did not in any way detract from the mental pictures formed when reading for the first time. An extraordinary book. Read/hear it.

fantastic book

just listen, really well read and written. some of it is like poetry. For once the characters are different people so adds quality to the reading.

Generational Differences

This is my favourite listen of the year so far.

We are introduced to the McCullough family and a narrator covers each generation with each chapter. I particularly enjoyed Will Patton's reading of Eli, the ten year old kidnapped by Commanche Indians. The thing I noticed was that we are always told how terribly the Native American Indians were treated, and this is pointed out here; but we are also shown how the Indians retaliated and this was pretty graphic and brutal.

The story veers close to Dallas territory when oil is introduced, but luckily doesn't morph into soap opera theatrics. Give it a go and travel from 1840 to present day, you'll love it!

Great book

Would you consider the audio edition of The Son to be better than the print version?

not read the book as i listened to it as i commute everyday.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Eli...

What about the narratorss performance did you like?

All good...believable and engaging.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes, quite easily

Any additional comments?

A great book, spilt over three generations...a story of how lawless Texas became the oil capitol of the world...cowboys and Indians...love and loss...adventure and heartache.

wonderful!

a wonderful story, with wonderful characters with some of the most magnificent narrators I've heard.

I've just finished it, and I'm already missing them.