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The Paper Man: A Novel Audiobook
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A deeply moving interwar romance set between 1930s Austria and 1980s Ireland, based on a real-life unsolved mystery
1930s Austria. Vienna is a bustling, cosmopolitan city on the brink of war. Matthias Sindelar is an internationally renowned soccer player known as “The Paper Man” because of his effortless weave across the field. When Sindelar speaks out against Hitler, his fame can’t protect him from being placed under Gestapo surveillance. Meanwhile, Sindelar falls in love with a young Jewish girl named Rebekah. As the atmosphere in Vienna darkens under the Nazi regime, Rebekah flees to relatives in Cork, Ireland. Only after she arrives there does she realize she is pregnant with Sindelar’s child. The following year, at the age of thirty-five, the Paper Man is found dead in his apartment.
1980s Ireland. In the Jewish Quarter of Cork, Rebekah’s son Jack Shine discovers a bundle of German letters and newspaper clippings tied with a ribbon while sorting his mother’s belongings. With the help of his German-speaking father-in-law, Jack translates the letters and attempts to piece together his family history and, hopefully, solve the mystery of his father’s identity.
Based on real people and true events, The Paper Man is the story of twentieth-century Europe, the Holocaust, the cost of fame, and love against the odds.
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“Helen Lloyd and Gerard Doyle’s polished performance…gives a clear distinction to the different timelines. Lloyd and Doyle are well matched, with both demonstrating excellent accents and characterizations. Their spot-on pacing keeps listeners engaged throughout this novel based on actual events.”
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“O’Callaghan brings to life 1930s Austria and 1980s Ireland in this mesmerizing tale of love, soccer, and family secrets….O’Callaghan’s storytelling is magnetic.”
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“The poignant and passionate The Paper Man covers lost love, anguished lives, and the discovery of an enduring heritage.”
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About Billy O'Callaghan
Billy O’Callaghan is the award-winning Irish author of four short story collections, most recently The Boatman, and three novels, including the internationally acclaimed My Coney Island Baby. Winner of the Irish Book Award and a finalist for the Royal Society of Literature's Encore Award and the COSTA Short Story Award among other honors, his work has been translated into many languages. His short stories have appeared in literary journals and magazines around the world, including Agni, Kenyon Review, London magazine, Los Angeles Review, Ploughshares, and the Saturday Evening Post. O’Callaghan was born in Douglas, a village on the edge of Cork City, where he still lives.
About the Narrators
Gerard Doyle, a seasoned audio narrator, he has been awarded dozens of AudioFile Earphones Awards, was named a Best Voice in Young Adult Fiction in 2008, and won the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He was born of Irish parents and raised and educated in England. In Great Britain he has enjoyed an extensive career in both television and repertory theater and toured nationally and internationally with the English Shakespeare Company. He has appeared in London’s West End in the gritty musical The Hired Man. In America he has appeared on Broadway in The Weir and on television in New York Undercover and Law & Order. He has taught drama at Ross School for the several years.
Helen Lloyd is a British actor and voice artist who recorded her first voice-over at the age of fourteen. Since then, she has spent much of her life interpreting other people’s words and bringing characters to life. A classically trained actor, she has performed with many of Britain’s leading repertory theaters, as well as at the Edinburgh Festival, the Roundhouse, and on the West End.