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Don't Skip Out on Me
- Narrated by: Willy Vlautin
- Length: 8 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
A beautiful, wrenching portrait of a downtrodden man from the much-loved author of Lean On Pete.
Meet Horace Hopper, a 21-year-old farm hand in Tonopah, Nevada, who works for Mr Reece and his wife, the nearest thing he's had to family in years. But Horace, half white, half Paiute Indian, dreams of bigger things.
Leaving behind the farm and its fragile stability, he heads south to reinvent himself as the Mexican boxer Hector Hidalgo. Slowly, painfully, the possibility emerges that his dreams might not just be the delusions of a lost soul. But at what cost, and what of those he's left behind?
Exploring the fringes of contemporary America, Don't Skip Out on Me is an extraordinary work of compassion - a novel about the need for human connection and understanding - and essential listening, now more than ever.
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- SteveB
- 08-06-19
Life's hard.
I wished this had gone on for much longer. The writing style appears quite simple but the characters are beautifully portrayed and the fine detail really brings it alive. I felt every moment.
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- David C
- 30-11-22
Another Masterpiece
Another Masterpiece from Willy Vlautin. I was enthralled from the first chapter. The characters were well formed with the words painting vivid pictures in my mind. The ending was not what I wanted it to be or hoped it would be. It has been a long time since an author was able to generate such a desire for an outcome. Vlautin does this for me in all his books . A great read.
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- Blake
- 02-07-22
Unbelievable book - so good
Gripped me the whole way though, it's hard to say too much without spoiling the book, so I'll just say that you'll love it if you like words put in a really good order that makes a compelling story
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- Luke
- 06-10-20
Incredible
I absolutely love Willy Vlautin but this was the first audiobook of his I’ve listened to. I’d read the book already but hearing it was another ball game entirely. This was extraordinary. Cannot recommend more highly.
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