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The Drifters audiobook

  • By: James A. Michener
  • Narrator: Larry McKeever
  • Category: Fiction, Historical
  • Length: 35 hours 22 minutes
  • Publisher: Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
  • Publish date: January 01, 2015
  • Language: English
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The Drifters Audiobook Summary

In this triumphant bestseller, renowned novelist James A. Michener unfolds a powerful and poignant drama of disenchanted youth during the Vietnam era. Against exotic backdrops including Spain, Morocco, and Mozambique, he weaves together the heady dreams, shocking tribulations, and heartwarming bonds of six young runaways cast adrift in the world—as well as the hedonistic pursuit of drugs and pleasure that collapses all around them. With the sure touch of a master, Michener pulls us into the private world of these unforgettable characters, exposing their innermost desires with remarkable candor and infinite compassion.
 
Praise for The Drifters
 
“A blockbuster of a book . . . full of surprise, drama, and fascination.”—Philadelphia Bulletin
 
“Rings with authentic detail and clearly descriptive sights and smells . . . The Drifters is to the generation gap what The Source was to Israel.”Publishers Weekly
 
“[The Drifters] conveys a sense of a new time, a new generation.”Chicago Sun-Times
 
“Michener has slid open a window on the world of the dropout and has spared no effort to make the reader aware of this new world.”The Salt Lake Tribune

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The Drifters Audiobook Narrator

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James A. Michener is the author of The Drifters

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Narrator Larry McKeever
Length 35 hours 22 minutes
Author James A. Michener
Category
Publisher Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group
Release date May 01, 2024
ISBN 9781101922231

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The publisher of the The Drifters is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. includes the following subjects: hedonism, vietnam war, historical fiction, africa, adventure, counterculture, travel, thriller, Suspense, Historical, thriller books, historical fiction best sellers, best thriller books, 1960s, american, drugs, europe, hippies, michener, morocco, spain, youth, thrillers, historical novels, mystery books, crime, historical novel, mystery suspense, saga, crime books, historical fiction books, suspense books, historic fiction, drama, crime fiction, genre fiction, literary historical fiction, mystery thriller, historical books, suspense, Fiction, Historical, Fiction, Thrillers, Suspense, Fiction, Thrillers, Historical The BISAC Subject Code is Fiction, Historical

Additional info

The publisher of the The Drifters is Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The imprint is Random House Audio. It is supplied by Penguin Random House Audio Publishing Group. The ISBN-13 is 9781101922231.

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This book is only available in the United States.

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