Virgil Wander

Written by:
Leif Enger
Narrated by:
Macleod Andrews

Unabridged Audiobook

Ratings
Book
22
Narrator
3
Release Date
October 2018
Duration
10 hours 38 minutes
Summary
The first novel in ten years from award-winning, million-copy bestselling author Leif Enger, Virgil Wander is an enchanting and timeless all-American story that follows the inhabitants of a small Midwestern town in their quest to revive its flagging heart Midwestern movie house owner Virgil Wander is 'cruising along at medium altitude' when his car flies off the road into icy Lake Superior. Virgil survives but his language and memory are altered and he emerges into a world no longer familiar to him. Awakening in this new life, Virgil begins to piece together his personal history and the lore of his broken town, with the help of a cast of affable and curious locals?from Rune, a twinkling, pipe-smoking, kite-flying stranger investigating the mystery of his disappeared son; to Nadine, the reserved, enchanting wife of the vanished man, to Tom, a journalist and Virgil's oldest friend; and various members of the Pea family who must confront tragedies of their own. Into this community returns a shimmering prodigal son who may hold the key to reviving their town. With intelligent humor and captivating whimsy, Leif Enger conjures a remarkable portrait of a region and its residents, who, for reasons of choice or circumstance, never made it out of their defunct industrial district. Carried aloft by quotidian pleasures including movies, fishing, necking in parked cars, playing baseball and falling in love, Virgil Wander is a swift, full journey into the heart and heartache of an often overlooked American Upper Midwest by a 'formidably gifted' (Chicago Tribune) master storyteller.
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Yvonne F.

I seems to take a while together a plot going. But the characters as they were developed are wonderful. And the story does eventually catch on. A very satisfying listen.

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Linda M.

This is a lovely, relaxing read. The language, the pacing, the lack of real violence where the emphasis is on life and on community. A very nice change. The only fault for me was that the main character never displayed a great love of the cinema, despite the fact that it seemed important to him to keep the old theater going. The narrator was excellent with his Minnesota accent and his great ability to lend himself successfully to transmit female speech as well as male. Excellent book and narration.

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