P and the Wind.” This is one of the best audiobooks of 2017. Theyre funny and poignant, insightful and. The stories in Five-Carat Soul-none of them ever published before-spring from the place where identity, humanity, and history converge. Veteran voice actor Dominic Hoffman gives a consummate performance as the zoo animals who communicate telepathically with each other and with humans in the wonderful, whimsical, and surprising “Mr. Exciting new fiction from James McBride, the first since his National Book Award-winning novel The Good Lord Bird. Prentice Onayemi is equally masterly in the other stories about young men stuck at the bottom of society. In “The Five-Carat Soul Bottom Bone Band,” Nile Bullock perfectly captures the rhythmic speech of Butter, one of a group of teenaged boys whose band practices above a Chinese restaurant in a predominantly African-American town called The Bottom. In McBride's version, a Jewish toy collector pursues the owner of a priceless model train all over New York City, finally catching up with him at a hip-hop club in Brooklyn. James McBride draws heavily from it in the opening story of Five-Carat Soul. McBride at his brave and joyous best.” -New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York Times bestselling author of The Good Lord Bird, winner of the 2013 National Book Award for Fiction, Deacon King Kong, and&160. In “The Under Graham Railroad Box Car Set,” Arthur Morey conveys the apoplectic confusion of an antique toy salesman when a poor black preacher offers to gift him a train set-believed to have belonged to Robert E. The resulting scene is one of the most memorable representations of music in literature. One of The New York Times' 100 Notable Books of 2017A pinball machine zinging with sharp dialogue, breathtaking plot twists and naughty humor. Four talented actors bring to life the zany characters in the excellent audio edition of McBride’s story collection.
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