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Bleeding Edge

By: Thomas Pynchon
Narrated by: Jeannie Berlin
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A New York Times Notable Book

"Brilliantly written...a joy to read...Bleeding Edge is totally gonzo, totally wonderful. It really is good to have Thomas Pynchon around, doing what he does best." - Michael Dirda, The Washington Post

"Exemplary...dazzling and ludicrous." - Jonathan Lethem, The New York Times Book Review

It is 2001 in New York City, in the lull between the collapse of the dot-com boom and the terrible events of September 11th.

Maxine Tarnow runs a fine little fraud investigation business on the Upper West Side. All is ticking over nice and normal, until she starts looking into the finances of a computer-security firm and its billionaire geek CEO. She soon finds herself mixed up with a drug runner in an art deco motorboat, a professional nose obsessed with Hitler’s aftershave, a neoliberal enforcer with footwear issues, and an array of bloggers, hackers, code monkeys, and entrepreneurs, some of whom begin to show up mysteriously dead. Foul play, of course.

Will perpetrators be revealed, forget about brought to justice? Will Maxine have to take the handgun out of her purse? Will Jerry Seinfeld make an unscheduled guest appearance? Will accounts secular and karmic be brought into balance?

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As someone who was perplexed and fascinated by Pynchons earlier and more ambitious works i was curious to see what he could do to with a more recent environment like ca 9/11 silicon alley with all its potential for historical perspective, crazy conspiracies, and timely commentary.
In the end what pynchon delivers is a silly little story that goes nowhere and displays the kind of poor understanding of technology, business and politics you would expect from an aging stoner for whom the sixties never ended. Especially the language he puts into his character's mouth's feels almost cringeworthily anachronistic considering the subject.
This narrator doesn't help things when she channels a middle aged jewish lady reciting words that were clearly written for Johnny Depp's famous hunter s thompson impersonation.
The result is test of patience at many times while of course flashes of brilliance shine through here and there given the immense experience and talent of the author.

A disappointment

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I have to read this book myself because with this speaker/reader it is impossible to follow the story properly. The speaker has a really unpleasant, boring voice and can't master the art of giving the different characters a voice you can recognize. A waste.
Thomas Pynchon hasn't deserved that.

Great story (so far), really bad reader

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it is completely impossible to listen to this. One monotone voice for all characters - and not even a pleasant one.

Worst Narrator ever

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Würden Sie es noch mit einem anderen Hörbuch von Thomas Pynchon und/oder Jeannie Berlin versuchen?

Kein Hörbuch mit Jeannie Berlin

Wie haben Sie auf das Ende des Hörbuchs reagiert? (ohne dabei natürlich zu viel zu verraten!)

Wegen der Sprecherin nie zu Ende gehört

Sie mochten dieses Buch nicht ... Haben Sie vielleicht irgendwelche rettenden Maßnahmen dafür?

Neuaufnahme mit einem/einer anderen Sprecher/in

Sprecherin macht es unmöglich der Story zu folgen

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Was genau hätte man an Bleeding Edge noch verbessern können?

The reader is not good enough for a professional recording. She does not follow the sentence structure and seems not capable of keeping two voices in a dialogue apart. She tries, but always end up mixing the persons voices up, making the story very hard to follow. This recording should be withdrawn and re-recorded.

Würden Sie es noch mal mit einem anderen Hörbuch mit Jeannie Berlin versuchen?

never

A sub-standard recording of a fascinating novel

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