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Wayfaring Stranger

By: James Lee Burke
Narrated by: Will Patton
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In 1934, sixteen-year-old Weldon Avery Holland confronts the notorious outlaws Bonnie and Clyde, resulting with Weldon firing a gun, unsure whether it hit its mark. Ten years later, Second Lieutenant Weldon Holland barely survives the Battle of the Bulge, in the process saving the lives of Hershel Pine, and a young prisoner of war, Rosita Lowenstein—a woman who holds the same romantic power over him as the beautiful Bonnie Parker.©2014 James Lee Burke (P)2014 Simon & Schuster, Inc Crime Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Fiction Crime Suspense War
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Beautiful elegiac prose, stunning evocation of both landscape and time, wonderful picaresque characters. All this and a narrator who is perfect . What's not to love?

Magnificent

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Excellent. What prose and weaving in some literary greats too, Chaucer and T S Eliot! Gripping story but felt the ending rather abrupt. Now moving on to the next.

My first Burke

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Like nearly every other book written by Mr. Burke and narrated by Mr. Patten, this excellent novel kept me interested the whole time. James Lee is a league apart. Upon finishing, I felt joy, and a little sadness, not unlike the feeling of losing a close friend. I will listen to this again in the future, maybe next time I won't still feel like I want to cry after the epilogue.

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A wonderfully written story that touches on so many faucets of life from love to hate, from honesty to lies, from kindness to cruelty. It spans a period of history that starts in the depression, progresses to the death camps in Nazi Germany and comes to rest in the oil fields of Texas. Beautifully read it's one of the finest stories I've listened to. Burke is a genius !

A fantastic story

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I could listen to James lee Burke incredible writing even if there was no story line. Everything about his writing is poignant, sensitive and beautiful. Wayfaring Stranger is no different. Beautiful, just beautiful. Will Patton does the book justice. I couldn’t listen to a JL Burke without Will Patton reading the story.

Extremely brilliant listen

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