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Narrated by:
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Kiff VandenHeuvel
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By:
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Austin Grossman
Award-winning novelist Austin Grossman reimagines the Cold War as an epic battle against the occult waged by the ultimate American antihero - Richard Nixon.
Richard Milhous Nixon lived one of the most improbable lives of the 20th century. Our 37th president's political career spanned the button-down '50s, the Mad Men '60s, and the turbulent '70s. He faced down the Russians, the Chinese, and, ultimately, his own government. The man went from political mastermind to a national joke, sobbing in the Oval Office, leaving us with one burning question: How could he have lost it all?
Here, for the first time, is the tale told in his own words: the terrifying supernatural secret he stumbled upon as a young man, the truth behind the Cold War, and the truth behind the Watergate cover-up. What if our nation's worst president was actually a pivotal figure caught in a desperate struggle between ordinary life and horrors from another reality? What if the man we call our worst president was, in truth, our greatest?
In Crooked, Nixon finally reveals the secret history of modern American politics as only Austin Grossman could reimagine it. Combining Lovecraftian suspense, international intrigue, Russian honey traps, and a presidential marriage whose secrets and battles of attrition were their own heroic saga, Grossman's novel is a masterwork of alternative history, equal parts mesmerizing character study and nail-biting Faustian thriller.
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The story is a mixed bag, in my opinion. Grossman does a good job of walking the fine line between making you pity Nixon and making you despise him. I found myself really getting into his life, curious to see how the hidden occult layer of things altered known events. The story fell flat, however, where it comes to the events at the Watergate hotel. Grossman glosses over the incident, talking about it in only the vaguest of terms and merely hinting at what happened and why, as if the reader is expected to have read an account of it elsewhere. Frankly, I’m deducting a full star from Story and Overall solely for that reason.
Additionally, there are a few things mentioned in the first chapter of the book that are never resolved such as why Nixon had to fake his death. It’s like Grossman put them in the storymeaning to get back to them but then never bothered to reread his stuff.
Excellent voice acting, a story that doesn’t quite deliver
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The narrator does an exceptional job, and the character development is superb, but the end of the book did leave me feeling like something was substantially missing.
And amusing exploration of an alternate version of Nixon, but lacking in plot substance
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The narration MAKES this book!
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Great story, mostly great reader
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I'm speechless, but I have to write something.
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Excellent narration
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The quality of the voice acting was superb. Every character was noticeable for its unique vocal quality, giving the illusion of a cast rather than as single reader.
Fun, entertaining, revelatory
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The book moves along crisply although there were sections that made me think the Nixonian narration might be at odds with the text which means I’ll probably read it if I return to it. The sciFi aspect is fun but a bit underdeveloped. The better examples are in Eisenhower and Nixon’s relationship and Pat and Dick’s ever changing relationship.
This is the profane, fallen Nixon that explains in its alternate reality much of his motivations and pettiness. As another reviewer said, it almost humanizes Nixon and makes you feel bad for him. At least that reality’s Nixon. And to be clear, this IS about an alternate reality, not ours.
It is playful with actual events and spins a fun narrative while offering interesting considerations of the man. There is humor, there is pathos, and there are interesting differences that are fun for those familiar or unfamiliar which is why I reccomend the book to friends and in extension Audible listeners.
A mashup of history, sciFi, and literate fiction
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Wacky but interesting
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Just a perfect story
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