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The Knockout Queen: A novel Audiobook, by Rufi Thorpe Play Audiobook Sample

The Knockout Queen: A novel Audiobook

The Knockout Queen: A novel Audiobook, by Rufi Thorpe Play Audiobook Sample
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Read By: Michael Crouch Publisher: Random House Audio Listen Time: at 1.0x Speed 6.67 hours at 1.5x Speed 5.00 hours at 2.0x Speed Release Date: April 2020 Format: Unabridged Audiobook ISBN: 9780593169971

Quick Stats About this Audiobook

Total Audiobook Chapters:

21

Longest Chapter Length:

47:12 minutes

Shortest Chapter Length:

12 seconds

Average Chapter Length:

28:44 minutes

Audiobooks by this Author:

4

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Publisher Description

FINALIST FOR THE 2021 PEN/FAULKNER AWARD "Full of verve... Revelatory." —Los Angeles Times A dazzling and darkly comic novel of love, violence, and friendship in the California suburbs Bunny Lampert is the princess of North Shore⁠—beautiful, tall, blond, with a rich real-estate-developer father and a swimming pool in her backyard. Michael⁠⁠—with a ponytail down his back and a septum piercing⁠—lives with his aunt in the cramped stucco cottage next door. When Bunny catches Michael smoking in her yard, he discovers that her life is not as perfect as it seems. At six foot three, Bunny towers over their classmates. Even as she dreams of standing out and competing in the Olympics, she is desperate to fit in, to seem normal, and to get a boyfriend, all while hiding her father's escalating alcoholism. Michael has secrets of his own. At home and at school Michael pretends to be straight, but at night he tries to understand himself by meeting men online for anonymous encounters that both thrill and scare him. When Michael falls in love for the first time, a vicious strain of gossip circulates and a terrible, brutal act becomes the defining feature of both his and Bunny's futures⁠⁠—and of their friendship. With storytelling as intoxicating as it is intelligent, Rufi Thorpe has created a tragic and unflinching portrait of identity, a fascinating examination of our struggles to exist in our bodies, and an excruciatingly beautiful story of two humans aching for connection.

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Awards

  • Among shortlisted titles for PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction, 2021

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About Rufi Thorpe

Rufi Thorpe is the author of several books, including The Knockout Queen, a finalist for the PEN/Faulkner award, and The Girls from Corona del Mar, which was longlisted for the International Dylan Thomas Prize and the Flaherty-Dunnan First Novel Prize.

About Michael Crouch

Fred Berman has won several AudioFile Earphones Awards as well as the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He is an actor of theater, film, and television whose credits include Broadway’s The Lion King, Law & Order, and Directing Eddie, among others. He was featured in Entertainment Weekly for his work on the Walking Dead audiobook series.