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The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 3,196
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 2,719
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 2,716
The Devil comes to Moscow, but he isn't all bad; Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-layered and entrancing, blending sharp satire with glorious fantasy, The Master and Margarita is ceaselessly inventive and profoundly moving. In its imaginative freedom and raising of eternal human concerns, it is one of the world's great novels.
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4 out of 5 stars
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Satisfying Satanic Satire
- By Jacob on 12-06-11
- The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Masterpiece, really needed editing though
Reviewed: 06-20-21
Like all Russian authors of the time, lacked some editing as it is longer than it really needs to be.
Still a masterpiece though.
And great vocal performance by the narrator.
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A High Price
- The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
- By: Daniel Byman
- Narrated by: Luke Truan
- Length: 20 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall3.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance2 out of 5 stars 28
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Story4 out of 5 stars 28
The product of painstaking research and countless interviews, A High Price offers a nuanced, definitive historical account of Israel's bold but often failed efforts to fight terrorist groups. Israel's debacles in Lebanon against groups like the Lebanese Hizballah are examined in-depth, as is the country's problematic response to Jewish terrorist groups that have struck at Arabs and Israelis seeking peace.
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3 out of 5 stars
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The worst production/narrator ever
- By Eric on 06-11-14
- A High Price
- The Triumphs and Failures of Israeli Counterterrorism
- By: Daniel Byman
- Narrated by: Luke Truan
Hilariously bad pronunciation
Reviewed: 01-07-14
What would have made A High Price better?
Getting a narrator who can read big words like "Jordanian" and "Kalashnikov"
Has A High Price turned you off from other books in this genre?
No, though the story was nothing special - basically a simple retelling of the events. It was like reading back issues of Newsweek. Pretty much limited to the Israeli viewpoint too.
How did the narrator detract from the book?
The narrator had a George W accent and consistently said "Jordinian" for "Jordanian", "Israels" for "Israelis" + similarly mangled countless other rather common words. The pronunciation of "coup d'etat" was a high-light!
What character would you cut from A High Price?
The narrator
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