Upton Singlair - The Jungle and Oil!
November 18, 2008
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The Jungle
Seldom has a book been the subject of more widespread discussion than The Jungle. It is the dramatic expos of the Chicago meat-packing industry at the turn of the century which prompted an investigation by Theodore Roosevelt, culminating in the pure-food legislation of 1906.
The Jungle is the story of Jurgis Rudkus, a Slav immigrant, who marries frail Ona Lukoszaite and seeks security and happiness as a workman in the Chicago stockyards.
Once there, he is abused by foremen, real-estate sharks filch his meager savings, and at every turn he is plagued by the misfortunes arising from poverty, poor work conditions, and disease. Finally, in accordance with Sinclair’s own creed, Rudkus turns to Socialism as his way out.
Oil!
As he did so masterfully in The Jungle, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Upton Sinclair interweaves social criticism with human tragedy to create an unforgettable portrait of Southern California’s early oil industry.
Enraged by the oil scandals of the Harding administration in the 1920s, Sinclair tells a gripping tale of avarice, corruption, and class warfare, featuring a cavalcade of characters, including senators, oil magnates, Hollywood film starlets, and a crusading evangelist. Sinclair’s glorious 1927 epic endures as one of our most powerful American novels of social injustice.
Author Upton Sinclair’s remarkable early-twentieth-century epic tells the story of Southern California’s cut-throat oil industry, and the lengths that some folks would go to enjoy success. Hard-pressed to outperform actor Daniel Day Lewis’s Oscar-winning performance in the feature film adaptation, narrator Grover Gardner plays it straight in a solid and believable performance that will engage listeners with its simplicity and earnestness. Though there aren’t many dramatic shifts in tone or accent, the sea of characters that floods this story is realistic from first to last. This is perhaps an even more remarkable feat considering the length of the production. Through thick and thin, Gardner never fails to deliver with passion and vigor. L.B. © AudioFile 2008
6 Volumes in 1, Stephen King’s Green Mile
September 27, 2007
The Green Mile is a serial novel by Stephen King published in six volumes over a period of 10 months.
1: Two Dead Girls (March 28, 1996)
2: The Mouse on the Mile (April 25, 1996)
3: Coffey’s Hands (May 30, 1996)
4: The Bad Death of Eduard Delacroix (June 27, 1996)
5: Night Journey (July 25, 1996)
6: Coffey on the Mile (August 29, 1996)
Later it has been republished with all six volumes in a trade paperback. The novel „Green Mile“ won the Bram Stoker Award for Best Novel in 1996.
The audiobook „Green Mile “ is read by Frank Muller, who has become the voice of Stephen King because he’s perfect for King’s bizarre characters. Through tonality and accentuation, Muller takes you inside the minds of the characters.
The only defect to hearing this serialized book in a set is that you won’t put time between the six volumes as King needed to publish the book.
