
Ordinary Heroes
A Novel
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Narrated by:
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Edward Herrmann
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By:
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Scott Turow
Stewart Dubinsky knew his father had served in World War II. And he'd been told how David Dubin (as his father had Americanized the name that Stewart later reclaimed) had rescued Stewart's mother from the horror of the Balingen concentration camp. But when he discovers, after his father's death, a packet of wartime letters to a former fiancée, and learns of his father's court-martial and imprisonment, he is plunged into the mystery of his family's secret history and driven to uncover the truth about this enigmatic, distant man who'd always refused to talk about his war.
As he pieces together his father's past through military archives, letters, and, finally, notes from a memoir his father wrote while in prison, secretly preserved by the officer who defended him, Stewart starts to assemble a dramatic and baffling chain of events. He learns how Dubin, a JAG lawyer attached to Patton's Third Army and desperate for combat experience, got more than he bargained for when he was ordered to arrest Robert Martin, a wayward OSS officer who, despite his spectacular bravery with the French Resistance, appeared to be acting on orders other than his commanders'. In pursuit of Martin, Dubin and his sergeant are parachuted into Bastogne just as the Battle of the Bulge reaches its apex. Pressed into the leadership of a desperately depleted rifle company, the men are forced to abandon their quest for Martin and his fiery, maddeningly elusive comrade, Gita, as they fight for their lives through carnage and chaos, the likes of which Dubin could never have imagined.
In reconstructing the terrible events and agonizing choices his father faced on the battlefield, in the courtroom, and in love, Stewart gains a closer understanding of his past, of his father's character, and of the brutal nature of war itself.
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Critic reviews
"[Turow has] set new standards for the genre, most notably in the depth and subtlety of his characterizations...the kind of reading pleasure that only the best novelists, genre or otherwise, can provide." (The New York Times)
"Turow makes the leap from courtroom to battlefield effortlessly." (Publishers Weekly)
"No one writes better mystery suspense novels than Scott Turow." (Los Angeles Times)
"Scott Turow not only knows what his readers want, he delivers just about perfectly...Turow is the closest we have to a Balzac of the fin de siecle professional class." (Chicago Tribune)
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Ordinary Heroes
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One genius magnifies another
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Amazing
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Outstanding
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Scott Turow’s best work yet
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This book though is far more complex with ideas and characters and plot than any of the previous Turow novels. It goes through WW2 including the concentration camps. I kept thinking of Hemingway since there is that sort of wartime sexuality and thinking about maleness and heros that were very much a part of Hemingway's war novels.
this is unusual since I haven't though about the Hemingway novels for quite a few years. I suspect that Scott Turow might have thought of them too in the writing.
The audio edition is well read with accents that seem true, but I am not a good judge of this. I'll be interested in seeing what others write since the novel is newly out.
I enjoyed this more than I have any recent novel that I have read/oopd, listened to... and it has left me thinking about human nature and war as well as reconfirming love.
Remniscent of Hemingway..
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Engaging
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Moving your family history forward
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Fantastic
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Where does Ordinary Heroes rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?
In the top 25.What did you like best about this story?
This story moves through more than one story. There is the main story of David which is intensely interesting. Then there is the story of his son Stewart's quest to know more about his father. Both stories keep the reader involved in the story.What about Edward Herrmann’s performance did you like?
Hermann is engaged in the story he is reading. A narrator that is interested in the book conveys feeling behind the reading.Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?
Yes, I would have gladly listened all in one sitting. It was not possible for me to do, but I would have liked to do so.Any additional comments?
This is a book I would recommend to anyone who likes mystery, legal thriller, historical fiction, or just a good story.Engaging
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