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Chances Are …: A novel Audiobook, by Richard Russo Play Audiobook Sample

Chances Are …: A novel Audiobook

Chances Are …: A novel Audiobook, by Richard Russo Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Fred Sanders Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 7.50 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.63 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: July 2019 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780451486493

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

102

Longest Chapter Length:

08:55 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

06 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

06:38 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

16

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Publisher Description

“[Russo’s] first novel in ten years hits the ball out of the park. . . . You’ll lap up this gripping, wise, and wonderful summer treat.” —The Boston Globe “A cascade of charm. . . . Russo is an undeniably endearing writer, and chances are this story will draw you back to the most consequential moments in your own life.”—The Washington Post One beautiful September day, three men in their late sixties convene on Martha's Vineyard, friends ever since meeting in college in the sixties. They couldn't have been more different then, or even today—Lincoln's a commercial real estate broker, Teddy a tiny-press publisher, and Mickey is a musician beyond his rockin' age. But each man holds his own secrets, in addition to the monumental mystery that none of them has ever stopped puzzling over since a Memorial Day weekend right here on the Vineyard in 1971. Now, forty-five years later, three lives and that of a significant other are put on displaywhile the distant past confounds the present ina relentless squall of surprise and discovery. Shot through with Russo's trademark comedy and humanity, Chances Are . . . introduces a new level of suspense and menace that will quicken the reader's heartbeat throughout this absorbing saga.

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“Narrator Fred Sanders is a master of pacing, easily carrying listeners through the many layers of this story…Sanders beautifully conveys the men’s nostalgia for their youth and their eternal love for the long-lost beautiful girl, subtly differentiating those feelings from their twenty-first-century concerns and secrets…Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.”

— AudioFile

Quotes

  • “Russo’s observations on life are worth the ticket all by themselves. Chances Are..is a really enjoyable summer read.”

    — Amazon.com
  • “A bewitching tale of male friendship with thriller elements…This is vintage Russo with a cunning twist.”

    — Booklist (starred review)

Awards

  • A New York Times Book Review Editor’s Choice
  • New York Times bestseller
  • An Amazon Best Book of the Month
  • Winner of an AudioFile Earphones Award

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About Richard Russo

Richard Russo is the New York Times bestselling author of nine novels, two collections of stories, and the memoir Elsewhere. In 2002 he received the Pulitzer Prize for Empire Falls, which, like Nobody’s Fool, won multiple awards for its screen adaptation, and in 2023 his novel Straight Man was adapted into the television series Lucky Hank. In 2017, he received France’s Grand Prix de Littérature Américaine.

About Fred Sanders

Fred Sanders, an actor and Earphones Award–winning narrator, has received critics’ praise for his audio narrations that range from nonfiction, memoir, and fiction to mystery and suspense. He been seen on Broadway in The Buddy Holly Story, in national tours for Driving Miss Daisy and Big River, and on such television shows as Seinfeld, The West Wing, Will and Grace, Numb3rs,Titus, and Malcolm in the Middle. His films include Sea of Love, The Shadow, and the Oscar-nominated short Culture. He is a native New Yorker and Yale graduate.