“Superbly macabre and satisfying.” New York Times
Description
Originally published in 1968 to critical acclaim, Russell H. Greenan's brilliant, audacious mystery novel It Happened in Boston? quickly became an underground sensation and has emerged over forty years later as a genuine cult classic.
In this breathtakingly imaginative book—now appearing in audio for the first time—we enter the mind of an unnamed artist of prodigious talent and intelligence who is determined to correct the world's wrongs via a direct confrontation with the Almighty, no matter what the consequences. A spellbinding tale told by a memorably unreliable narrator, It Happened in Boston? places you inside a vivid world that brilliantly and surprisingly interweaves art, genius, love, madness, betrayal, God … and murder.
In 2003 It Happened in Boston? was reprinted by the Modern Library with a new introduction by celebrated writer Jonathan Lethem and an afterword by the author, both included in this audio version.
Cover design by Zoe Ann Lee
Praise
“Superbly macabre and satisfying.” New York Times
“It has all the terror and excitement of a Hitchcock thriller.” Boston Sunday Globe
“A book so astonishing that I’ll listen over and again, rewinding whole chapters…Russell Greenan’s It Happened in Boston? is that masterpiece…a startling treasure.” BookandFilmGlobe.com
“His voice is appropriately and frighteningly calm, with a detached kindness and a palpable hint of condescension toward the listener—until the frenetic plunge toward the end, where he seems to vibrate with tension.” Locus (audio review)
“Narrator Fass brings his best to his reading of this appealingly quirky first novel…that pulls the listener gently into his increasingly irrational world.” Publishers Weekly (audio review)
Details
| Language | English |
|---|---|
| Release Day | Dec 16, 2014 |
| Release Date | December 17, 2014 |
| Release Date Machine | 1418774400 |
| Imprint | Robert Fass |
| Provider | Robert Fass |
| Categories | Literature & Fiction, Classics, Fiction - All, Fiction - Adult |
Author Bio
Russell H. Greenan, born in Manhattan and raised in the Bronx, served in the US Navy during World War II before completing his college education at Long Island University in Brooklyn, where he studied world literature. In 1966, while in Nice, France, with his wife and three children, he wrote his first novel, It Happened in Boston?, which was published by Random House in 1968, has been translated into several languages, and was released in a new German translation in 2007. Mr. Greenan’s many other novels include The Secret Life of Algernon Pendleton, Nightmare, and The Bric-a-Brac Man. Though now well into his eighties, he continues to write.
Narrator Bio
Robert Fass is a veteran actor and twice winner of the prestigious Audie Award for best narration. He has earned multiple Earphones Awards and been named in AudioFile magazine’s list of the year’s best narrations for six years.
Overview
Originally published in 1968 to critical acclaim, Russell H. Greenan's brilliant, audacious mystery novel It Happened in Boston? quickly became an underground sensation and has emerged over forty years later as a genuine cult classic.
In this breathtakingly imaginative book—now appearing in audio for the first time—we enter the mind of an unnamed artist of prodigious talent and intelligence who is determined to correct the world's wrongs via a direct confrontation with the Almighty, no matter what the consequences. A spellbinding tale told by a memorably unreliable narrator, It Happened in Boston? places you inside a vivid world that brilliantly and surprisingly interweaves art, genius, love, madness, betrayal, God … and murder.
In 2003 It Happened in Boston? was reprinted by the Modern Library with a new introduction by celebrated writer Jonathan Lethem and an afterword by the author, both included in this audio version.
Cover design by Zoe Ann Lee
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