Leif Enger, Author . Atlantic Monthly $24 (320p) ISBN 978-0-87113-795-1
Dead for 10 minutes before his father orders him to breathe in the name of the living God, Reuben Land is living proof that the world is full of miracles. But it's the impassioned honesty of his quiet, measured narrative voice that gives weight...
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Leif Enger, Author . Atlantic Monthly $24 (287p) ISBN 978-0-87113-985-6
An inviting voice guides readers through this expansive saga of redemption in the early 20th-century West and gives a teeming vitality to a period often represented with stock phrases and stock characters. Novelist Monte Becket isn't a terribly...
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Leif Enger. Atlantic Monthly (PGW, dist.), $27 (304p) ISBN 978-0-8021-2878-2
The well-meaning sad sack who narrates this poignant novel from Enger (Peace Like a River) has just driven his car into icy Lake Superior when the book opens. Suffering from a concussion and possibly hallucinations, Virgil, the middle-aged town...
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Leif Enger, Author, Dan Woren, Read by , read by Dan Woren. Random House Audio $34.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-7393-6922-7
Enger's second novel is a marvelous tale of an unsuccessful writer and an elderly train robber on a cross-country journey to confront past demons. Dan Woren's narration is steadfast and resolute throughout, offering two unique characters...
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Leif Enger, Author, Chad Lowe, Read by , read by Chad Lowe. HarperAudio $39.95 (0p) ISBN 978-0-694-52583-6
The cover, though beautiful, seems better suited for a reissue of Robin Hood
or Camelot. And the reader's claim to fame is his role as an HIV-positive artist on the TV series Life Goes On. So what makes this an great audiobook? Two things:...
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Leif Enger. Grove, $28 (336p) ISBN 978-0-8021-6293-9
The transcendent latest from Enger (Peace Like a River) is at once a dystopian love story, a nautical adventure, and a meditation on loss, kindness, and natural beauty. The story unfolds in a near-future America where the billionaire class has...
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