Handling Sin

Name: Handling Sin
Brand: Blackstone Audiobooks
Availability: InStock
Author: Michael Malone
ISBN: 9798212387149

Author: Michael Malone

Narrator: Nick Sullivan

Unabridged: 24 hr 59 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Blackstone Publishing

Published: 04/18/2023

Categories: Fiction, Humorous, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

On the Ides of March, our hero, Raleigh Whittier Hayes (forgetful husband, baffled father, prosperous insurance agent, and leading citizen of Thermopylae, North Carolina), learns that his father has discharged himself from the hospital, taken all his money out of the bank and, with a young Black female mental patient, vanished in a yellow Cadillac convertible. Left behind is a mysterious list of seven outrageous tasks that Raleigh must perform in order to rescue his father and his inheritance.And so Raleigh and fat Mingo Sheffield (his irrepressibly loyal friend) set off on an uproarious contemporary treasure hunt through a landscape of unforgettable characters, falling into adventures worthy of Tom Jones and Huck Finn. A moving parable of human love and redemption, Handling Sin is Michael Malone’s comic masterpiece.

About Michael Malone

Michael Malone (1942–2022) authored of ten novels, a collection of short stories, and two works of nonfiction. He was educated at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and at Harvard. Among his prizes are the Edgar, the Writers Guild Award, and the Emmy.

About Nick Sullivan

Nick Sullivan has narrated audiobooks for over twenty years and has recorded over four hundred titles. An Audie Award winner, he is also the recipient of numerous AudioFile Earphones Awards. His TV and film credits include The Good Wife, The Affair, Bull, Boardwalk Empire, 30 Rock, Our Idiot Brother, and Private Life.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Megan on May 19, 2014

This is an exuberant, raucous, Drunkard's Walk of a book. It's the kind of book words like exuberant and raucous were coined to describe. And I loved it. Note: The rest of this review has been withdrawn due to the changes in Goodreads policy and enforcement. You can read why I came to this decision......more

Goodreads review by Elizabeth on September 11, 2008

This is a GREAT book! You know how so many well-written contemporary books are so angst-ridden? It's like you can't write a complex, literary kind of work unless your main character is from some other country reflecting on horrible events that ended up isolating him or her from all other people (exc......more

Quotes

“Terribly funny, emotionally engaging, and almost impossible to set aside.” Newsweek

“Phenomenal…A hilarious success.” New York Times Book Review

“Handling Sin is a comic odyssey…Constantly sharp and funny…A knick-knack gem-crack high-time circus, with intriguing sideshows, and an abiding spirit of fun…This novel is some show.” Newsday

“This madcap book bubbles with frenzy from the first pages…with a wink to Cervantes and Dickens—as well as the Marx Brothers…A highly refreshing tale in which Malone has managed to make the bizarre hilariously credible.” Publishers Weekly

“Handling Sin is terrific…Large spirited, beautifully crafted, and extremely funny…Dozens of vivid, eccentric creatures…A dazzling display of caricature and high energy farce…Grand and lovely.” The Nation

“With this immense, joyous novel…Malone has written the best, most vibrantly comic book of his career…A delightful book that readers will want to savor—at least once.” Kirkus Reviews