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The World Played Chess
- A Novel
- Narrated by: Robert Dugoni, Todd Haberkorn
- Length: 10 hrs and 3 mins
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Summary
“A fearless and sensitive coming-of-age story. I loved it.”—Mark Sullivan, bestselling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley.
Bestselling author Robert Dugoni returns with an emotionally arresting follow-up to The Extraordinary Life of Sam Hell.
In 1979, Vincent Bianco has just graduated high school. His only desire: collect a little beer money and enjoy his final summer before college. So he lands a job as a laborer on a construction crew. Working alongside two Vietnam vets, one suffering from PTSD, Vincent gets the education of a lifetime. Now forty years later, with his own son leaving for college, the lessons of that summer—Vincent’s last taste of innocence and first taste of real life—dramatically unfold in a novel about breaking away, shaping a life, and seeking one’s own destiny.
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“With his usual narrative mastery, Dugoni takes on the often-overlooked ordeal of boys becoming men and does so fearlessly and sensitively, chronicling the coming-of-age stories of three different men linked by war, friendship, and family. I loved it.” (Mark Sullivan, best-selling author of Beneath a Scarlet Sky and The Last Green Valley)
“A riveting story of boys becoming men and the risks they take along the way.” (Library Journal)
“The World Played Chess is a shining example of a writer at the top of his game, and a deeply thought-provoking take on a man’s coming of age.” (Authorlink)
“Wondrously brilliant and poignant.... While not a Vietnam novel per se, the book resembles Tim O’Brien’s The Things They Carried and Philip Caputo’s A Rumor of War in its sheer emotional resonance. Dugoni, though, seems to be channeling the lyrical storytelling magic of the great Pat Conroy more. The World Played Chess is this generation’s The Prince of Tides and a candidate for best novel of 2021.” (Jon Land, Providence Journal)
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- virgo
- 31-01-22
Brilliant Book
one of the best best books I've read, I now have read all of this authors books and must say it is one of the best he has written, looking forward to the new Tracey Crosswhite thriller, and any other new books
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- Lorena B
- 27-08-22
Painful and uplifting
I challenge anyone to read/listed to this novel with a dry eye. I am not an American, nor am I a man, forced to grow up all of a sudden when I’m 18because of society’s expectations, but the different characters and voices in this book made it all real and tangible for me. The horror of war, the loss of hope, the helplessness and then finding oneself again and a reason to live.
An amazing book!!
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- Em Bennett
- 25-04-24
Not a wasted word. Excellent view of young male transition to adulthood in 1960s Vietnam, late 1970s High School USA and 2016 current. Really enveloping listen, excellent narration. And the epilogue by the author about his interest in Vietnam was enlightening.
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