The Singers Gun, Emily St. John Mandel
The Singers Gun, Emily St. John Mandel
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The Singer's Gun

Author: Emily St. John Mandel

Narrator: Morgan Hallett

Unabridged: 7 hr 43 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 03/01/2016


Synopsis

From the award-winning, bestselling author of Station Eleven and Sea of Tranquility, “a gripping story, full of moral ambiguities, where deception and betrayal become the norm, and where the expression ‘a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’ is lifted to new heights” (St. Louis Post-Dispatch).

Everyone Anton Waker grew up with is corrupt. His parents dealt in stolen goods, and he was a successful purveyor of forged documents until he abandoned it all in his early twenties, determined to live a normal life, complete with career, apartment, and a fiancée who knows nothing of his criminal beginnings. He’s on the verge of finally getting married when Aria—his cousin and former partner in crime—blackmails him into helping her with one last job.

Anton considers the task a small price for future freedom. But as he sets off for an Italian honeymoon, it soon becomes clear that the ghosts of his past can't be left behind so easily, and that the task Aria requires will cost him more than he could ever imagine.

Look for Emily St. John Mandel’s bestselling new novel, Sea of Tranquility!

About The Author

EMILY ST. JOHN MANDEL's five previous novels include The Glass Hotel and Station Eleven, which was a finalist for a National Book Award and the PEN/Faulkner Award for Fiction and has been translated into thirty-five languages. She lives in New York City.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrew on March 30, 2024

Anton Walker is bright, he’s a brilliant student at high school and dreams of one day holding down an ‘executive position’. His cousin, Aria, is displaced when her parents skip the country and abandon her. Aria steals things. How Anton is influenced by Aria and where this leads them both is at the c......more

Goodreads review by Katie on December 20, 2021

The liberties an author takes with plausibility to create dramatic tension can at times be offensive to a reader's intelligence. This novel is loaded with lazy unexplained implausible plot devices. There's barely a character who is coherent psychologically. At key moments there's no reason for them......more

Goodreads review by Claudia on July 23, 2014

I liked the structure of this book a lot, but I found myself not particularly involved. It left me feeling rather unmoved. It was odd, really; it started off feeling like a thriller, but then those elements sort of dropped out and it became a more regular novel, as it were, but one that was built re......more


Quotes

“A gripping story, full of moral ambiguities, where deception and betrayal become the norm, and where the expression ‘ a riddle wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma’ is lifted to new heights.” —St. Louis Post-Dispatch 

“Brilliant.” —The Boston Globe 
 
“Something far rarer than the classic noir opening suggestions. . . . Eminently satisfying.” —The Washington Post
 
“Big in concept, flawless in tone, The Singer’s Gun is a tender and astounding tour de force.” —Mystery Scene
 
“Mandel’s talent is clearly visible from the get-go.” —Los Angeles Times

“Recklessly entertaining. . . . A modern morality tale.” —The New York Journal of Books
 
“A nail-biting thriller overflowing with high-stakes issues such as blackmail, theft, fraud and human trafficking.” —BookPage
 
“Intriguing and suspenseful.” —Library Journal
 
Mandel’s second novel is an extraordinarily written meditation on identity, chance and choice. . . . Nothing short of breathtaking.” —The Howard County Times
 
“Gripping.” —Booklist