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Dinosaurs

By: Lydia Millet
Narrated by: Paul Heitsch
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Over twelve novels and two collections, Lydia Millet has emerged as a major American novelist, writing vividly about the ties between people and other animals and the crisis of extinction.

Her exquisite new novel, the first since A Children’s Bible, tells the story of an Arizona man’s relationship with the family next door, whose house has one wall made entirely out of glass. The story delivers attraction and love, friendship and grief. But Millet also evokes the uncanny. Through close observation of human and animal life in the desert, she captures the daunting scale of human society without losing sight of the real difference one person can make in the world.

Written with humor and benevolence, Dinosaurs asks big questions: Can a person be good? Can a man be good?

Compellingly told, emotionally moving, and intellectually rich, Dinosaurs may be Millet’s finest novel yet.

©2022 Lydia Millet (P)2022 Dreamscape Media, LLC
Family Life Genre Fiction Literature & Fiction Psychological Satire Comedy Fiction Witty
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Thoughtful Character • Comic Rhythms • Engaging Story • Compelling Writing • Immersive Storytelling • Consistent Voice
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It was a nice novel about the interior thoughts of a privileged, modern man. He’s a good guy with simple, interior struggles who stands up for the little guy. It was simple, but I found it very interesting and appealing. The reader has a consistent, good voice.

Very Simple; Great Writing

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Lydia Millet is a new favorite writer. Her ability to craft characters from material that sounds like real dud, is amazing. The story pulls the reader in, and wraps you in the world she creates.
I will be looking for more her writing!

Fantastic!

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A lovely novel with endearing characters that feel very real. Will recommend to friends and plan to reread. I wasn’t sure about the narrator at first but he grew on me. And I loved the reflective nature of this text, how political and ecological undercurrents were present but not overpowering. No one existed outside of Gil’s compassion. I miss him already.

Savored this one

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Great writing. :) I’m not easy to please either I get bored quickly , and it kept my attention ;) thanks for writing it

Couldn’t quit listening and I’m not sure why. Wasn’t a fantastic story. It was just a guy talking about his life happenings.

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A “Miss Lonelyhearts” for the Great Recession. Millet’s quiet sparseness is not to everyone’s taste, but her “takes” are thoughtful and her dialog tags quietly cutting. Narrator Paul Heitsch reads in a deadpan, unsmirking saunter well attuned to the author’s comic rhythms. This book is not as gentle or antic as some reviews suggested, and he as reader “gets” that. This book is not her biggest or best, but I think it is uncommonly thoughtful, small- and big-c Catholic… and consequently unmarketable. I miss when she goes really dark, as in her unforgettable George Bush Dark Prince of Love, but there are flashes of those teeth here. Hope for more of those teeth next time as the world burns.

Leaves imprint in mesa

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Loved all these characters even the ones I hated. How the author tells the story of relationship, past to present to future relating it our times on the planet is brilliant.

Dinasaurs

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Without an ending.; it just falls off . But it’s worth a listen because character development and relationships are excellent.

Beautiful book

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Big fan of Lydia Millet's novels, I look forward to digging into her older titles next.

Enjoyed this one

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Just a wonderful story about people living their lives and learning from their experiences together

Great character development

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A modern day contemporary realist Batman story. Gil, a vulnerable wealthy orphan, learns to connect to others from his goodness, surrender to goodness and use goodness against cruelty and unconsciousness then finally receive goodness back.

If Batman was a real guy and not a superhero

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