
Inside, Outside
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Narrated by:
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Peter Berkrot
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By:
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Herman Wouk
"Every Herman Wouk book is like a stand-alone opus, and this audiobook is no different. The story of Israel David Goodkind makes for a touchingly funny novel that benefits from the performance of narrator Peter Berkrot. Written in the first person, the audiobook excels because Berkrot inhabits Goodkind's psyche, skillfully delivering Wouk's words in a manner reminiscent of the best New York comedians. Listeners follow Goodkind's life from his youth through college and to the Nixon White House, where he serves as a low-level bureaucrat. Berkrot's delivery is consistently charming, especially his voicing of Yiddish references that enhance the story's authenticity, making this one of the Pulitzer Prize-winning author's best works. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award." (AudioFile magazine)
From Pulitzer Prize-winning American author Herman Wouk, Inside, Outside is a rich and compelling story - beautifully focused and often hilarious....
Israel David Goodkind is a minor bureaucrat in the Nixon White House, killing empty office time by writing the story of four generations of his large, sprawling Russian Jewish immigrant family. As he recounts his brief stint in show business, his torrid affair with a showgirl, and his encounters with a hassled and distracted President Nixon, Goodkind also witnesses historical events firsthand - the Watergate scandal, the Yom Kippur War - and eventually finds his way back to his Jewish faith.
Combining Wouk's wildly funny streak with deeply religious passages - and some intensely intimate romantic scenes rare in this reticent author's work - Inside, Outside is a striking departure from the traditional storytelling mode in which the author has won international fame, and yet it may be the most truly characteristic of all his writings. Written in the first person in a free-form, often ribald style, playing antic tricks with time, it offers all the passion, depth, historical detail, and humor that has made Wouk a best-selling author around the world.
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The credibility of the story, and narrator brought it to life
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a timeless Jewish tale
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Peter Berkrot was fantastitc . His ability to convey the various characters and their personalities added so much to the book. He even got most of the Yiddish and Hebrew phrases right. #Growingup #Nostalgic #Tagsgiving #Sweepstakes
America -the Goldeneh-Treifah medina
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evening enjoying Izzy or David . As wonderful traveling or beach read. Thank you Mr. Wouk.
1000% satisfied
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Bringing it altogether is the narration, which, in its brilliance, is inseparable from the brilliance of the book.
Thank you to HW.
Not just a book, an experience
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One of the greatest storytellers!
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An extraordinary novel from the Master
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Parts of the book are touching.I would like to describe the book more, but don’t want to give the story away. I have read many of Herman Wouk’s books and consider this among one of his best. They are all different in their own way, true art of a good author.The narrator mr. Peter Berkrot could not have been a better choice.
My thanks to Audible for making this book available to us, JK
A GREAT BOOK
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Good but Yiddish and Hebrew pronunciations awful.
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A Great Book for those on the Inside and the Outside
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