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The Reivers: A Reminiscence Audiobook
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One of Faulkner's comic masterpieces, The Reivers is a picaresque that tells of three unlikely car thieves from rural Mississippi. Eleven-year-old Lucius Priest is persuaded by Boon Hogganbeck, one of his family's retainers, to steal his grandfather's car and make a trip to Memphis. The Priest's black coachman, Ned McCaslin, stows away, and the three of them are off on a heroic odyssey, for which thy are all ill-equipped, that ends at Miss Reba's bordello in Memphis. From there a series of wild misadventures ensues--involving horse smuggling, trainmen, sheriff's deputies, and jail.
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"Confusing opening - it takes a while for the reader (me, anyway) to figure out that the narrator is a grandfather telling a story of something that happened when he was 11, somewhere around 1902. So the voice is a little puzzling early on, but once you get past that, it's a great, fast-paced story that somehow earned Faulkner a Pulitzer, but isn't considered one of his major works. It's Faulkner's last novel. He died shortly after its publication in 1962."
— David (4 out of 5 stars)
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Winner of the 1963 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction
The Reivers Listener Reviews
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" This book was a bit hard to read, but really interesting. I think if I read more Faulkner I will start to love it! "
— Cindy, 2/15/2014 -
" It took me a little while to get used to the writing style, but once I did I thoroughly enjoyed it. It's very funny and full of great southern folksy wisdom. "
— Eliseo, 2/10/2014 -
" pulitzer prize winner. A lot of fun. Read it, then see the movie, which is almost as good. Great characters. Great dialect. Great period piece. "
— Bob, 2/8/2014 -
" awesome. i still love faulkner. "
— Sarah, 2/6/2014 -
" Wonderful experience of love and character in Deep South by a literary genius. Unexpected coming of age tale without undue suffering or in depth southern angst. "
— Vivi, 1/20/2014 -
" Read Nov 2011 "
— Shane, 1/13/2014 -
" Could not get through this book. "
— Megan, 1/9/2014 -
" Ripe genius "
— Brack, 1/9/2014 -
" Another fantastic selection for the book club! The characters were so vivid and well crafted. Lucius was a pre-teen perfectly portrayed no matter what decade it is. "
— Cindy, 12/1/2013 -
" A comedy/adventure about whores and horse racing? Count me in! A great read. "
— Kevin, 11/6/2013 -
" Am I the only one who doesn't get Faulkner? "
— Rachel, 10/18/2013 -
" Faulkner goes comic, with mildly entertaining results. "
— David, 9/5/2013 -
" The copy I had has "a crazier trip than LSD" advertising the story, but I think it's a bit different. Faulkner as more accessible but still pretty fun. The story helped me understand more of Yokpanawta county (or however it's called). "
— Brownguy, 6/10/2013 -
" Like Huckleberry Finn but better. Faukner's sentence structure and vocabulary is awesome. The Reivers is a wonderfully funny story and great adventure with twists and turns rooted in pre WW 1 Southern culture. For me it was a page turner. "
— Jack, 4/21/2013 -
" If you are coming to Faulker from some other planet, start with this one. It is a warm, accessible story that demands much less of the reader (in terms of accepting Faulker's world) than his "big four," and it is a much better set-piece than any one of his short stories. "
— Gary, 11/18/2012 -
" i rate this as a great introduction to faulkner; it features his wonderful writing style, but in a light and very readable comedy/adventure. "
— Aaron, 4/9/2012 -
" Rambling and frustrating. Could not finish. "
— Jim, 12/19/2011 -
" Book club wanted to try a Faulkner. "
— Madeline, 9/16/2011 -
" As usual with classics from this period, I struggle to get into the cadence of the language. But within about 75 pages, I begin to marvel at how Faulkner's characters can seem both simple and iconic and complex all at the same time. "
— Linda, 7/1/2011 -
" The 1905 deep south through the eyes of an 11 year old who learns a whole lot about the world and his convictions in 4 crazy days. Another thumbs up for Faulkner. "
— Michael, 6/15/2011 -
" Positively brilliant, with LOL moments driven on you by sympathetic characters. Faulkner forged this one with a light tone, rare for him, and doesn't miss a beat. Can't recommend it enough. "
— Scott, 7/24/2008 -
" The south in all it's crazy glory! "
— mart, 6/25/2008
About William Faulkner
William Faulkner (1897–1962) was a Nobel Prize–winning American novelist and short-story writer. One of the most influential writers of the twentieth century, his reputation is based mostly on his novels, novellas, and short stories, but he was also a published poet and an occasional screenwriter. The majority of his works are based in his native state of Mississippi. Though his work was published as early as 1919, and largely during the 1920s and 1930s, Faulkner was relatively unknown until receiving the 1949 Nobel Prize in Literature, “for his powerful and artistically unique contribution to the modern American novel.” He has often been cited as one of the most important writers in the history of American literature. In 1962, he was awarded the American Academy of Arts and Letters Gold Medal for Fiction.
About John H. Mayer
John H. Mayer, author and Earphones Award–winning narrator, is a character actor whose voice has been heard on numerous commercials, animated programs, audiobooks, and narrations including E! Entertainment’s Celebrity Profiles. He was a five-year member of the Groundlings comedy theater company in Los Angeles. He is also the co-author of Radio Rocket Boy, an award-winning short film.