
The Afrikaans
Author: Nick Pirog
Series: Thomas Prescott Series #1
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/25/2019
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller

Author: Nick Pirog
Series: Thomas Prescott Series #1
Narrator: Johnny Heller
Unabridged: 9 hr 12 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 06/25/2019
Categories: Fiction, Suspense & Thriller
Nick Pirog is the bestselling author of the Thomas Prescott series, the 3:00 a.m. series, and The Speed of Souls. A Colorado native, he now lives in South Lake Tahoe with his other half, Stephy, and their pup, Potter.
Johnny Heller, winner of numerous Earphones and Audie Awards, was named a “Golden Voice” by AudioFile magazine in 2019. He has been a Publishers Weekly Listen-Up Award winner from 2008 through 2013 and he has been named a top voice of 2008 and 2009 and selected as one of the Top 50 Narrators of the Twentieth Century by AudioFile magazine.
UUUUUUUUGGGGGGGHHHHHH. I am so tired of the socially unaware gaffes that Nick Pirog continues to make in this series: referring to a group of lesbians as "lesbos", calling one of his African characters "Timon" and the UNCEASING sexist need to come up with different euphemisms for women's breasts. Al......more
I tried hard to overlook the blatant sexism, misogyny, homophobia and racism (not necessarily in that order) of the first 2 books because the plots were entertaining enough, but it bothered me throughout both. Then I started Afrikaans. I made it to the main character saying people basically deserved......more
Pirog's writing has definitely grown up since the second Prescott book - and Prescott has, as well. Better research and fewer flaws, unless you know anything about South Africa, less blatant misogyny. Still, lots of racism, sexism, and body judgement.......more
omg how many stereotypes and errors about Africa / South Africa could one book bear?......more
The USA is the number one contributor to ARV drugs in South Africa. That factoid should have come up in the author's research (it certainly came up during the one week I spent in South Africa a few years ago). South Africa and the USA have a tenuous relationship, and so the fact that the USA support......more