A Lion Among Men
Wicked Years Series, Book 3
گزارش تخلف
فرمت کتاب
audiobook
تاریخ انتشار
2008
Lexile Score
830
Reading Level
4-5
ATOS
6.1
Interest Level
9-12(UG)
نویسنده
John McDonoughناشر
HarperAudioشابک
9780061713446
- اطلاعات
- نقد و بررسی
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نقد و بررسی
In the long-awaited third volume in the Wicked Years series, a grown-up fairy tale based on THE WIZARD OF OZ, we travel back to Oz and follow the exploits of Brrr (the Cowardly Lion), who is caught in the conflict between the invading emperor of Oz and the beleaguered Munchkinlanders. It's a most entertaining journey down the Yellow Brick Road with John McDonough's stentorian voice leading the way. He is a compelling guide to the intrigues of Ozian warfare, as well as to the souls and psyches of the lion, Brrr, and the oracle, Yackle. But even McDonough's tremendous power can't overcome the too long, exhausting path to the end--a door into the next book. M.T.B. (c) AudioFile 2008, Portland, Maine
September 1, 2008
The entertaining third installment of bestseller Maguire's Wicked Years series, a revisionist chronicle of L. Frank Baum's classic The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
, examines the tragically misunderstood life of the Cowardly Lion before and after his adventures with Dorothy and company. As all-out war looms between the Munchkinland guerrillas and the emperor of Oz's Emerald City soldiers, Brrr the lion, now working as an imperial spy, must somehow glean invaluable information from a crone named Yackle before she dies. But during his interrogation of the irritable oracle, Brrr, the proverbial loner and outsider, uncovers insights into his own mysterious past—and finally begins to understand what it feels like to belong. As usual, the author mixes some relatively weighty existential themes—the search for self, faith, redemption—into his whimsical story line. Newcomers to Maguire's Oz should probably begin with Wicked
, the first entry in this darkly enchanting saga. 11-city author tour.
Starred review from December 22, 2008
Always outspoken (and so-called “Dr.”), Denis Leary returns with this hilarious look at sucking; why we suck, how not to suck and how to help others who suck become suck free. Pulling no punches, Leary storms his way through everything from skinny jeans being for skinny people to vegetarians, and never fails to make listeners laugh out loud. Reading in his trademark self-deprecating and hard-nosed manner, Leary plows through his book at such a strong and commanding speed that listeners will think his well-polished rants are off-the-cuff. Leary is almost performing stand-up; his tone is so unrelenting and unabashed that listeners will beg for more. A Viking hardcover (Reviews, Sept. 15).
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