- Title:
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The Hearts of Men
- Written by:
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Nickolas Butler
- Read by:
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Adam Verner
- Format:
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Unabridged CD Audio Book
- Number of CDs:
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10
- Duration:
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12 hours
- Published:
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September 28 2017
- Available Date:
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September 28 2017
- Age Category:
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Adult
- ISBN:
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9781509880911
- Genres:
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Fiction; Contemporary Fiction
- Publisher:
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Bolinda/Macmillan audio
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'Butler demonstrates enormous command over the material and sympathy for his flawed characters. This beautiful novel might be his best yet.'
Publishers Weekly, starred
An unforgettable tale of fathers and sons, the tough lessons of adulthood and what it means to be a good man, set over five decades in a changing America.
Camp Chippewa, 1962. Thirteen-year-old Nelson, loner and over-achiever, is nicknamed the Bugler as he proudly sounds the reveille each morning. This is the summer that everything changes, marking the beginning of Nelson's uncertain friendship with a popular boy named Jonathan, and the discovery of his father's betrayal, which tears his family apart.
As time moves on, Nelson, irrevocably scarred from the Vietnam War, becomes Scoutmaster of Camp Chippewa, while Jonathan marries, divorces and transforms his father's business. When something unthinkable happens during a visit from Jonathan's grandson and daughter-in-law, the aftermath tests the depths – and the limits – of Nelson's selflessness and bravery.
The Hearts of Men is a lyrical, wise and deeply affecting story about the slippery definitions of right and wrong, family and fidelity, and the redemptive power of friendship.
'Butler achieves a rare triple play here of brilliant characterizations, a riveting story line, and superlatively measured prose, putting him in the front ranks of contemporary American writers of literary fiction.'
Booklist
'Gut-punch of a novel ... I keep coming back to Nelson, Butler's great creation. He is a character of such vivid goodness, such moving and precise sorry, I don't think I'll ever forget him.'
The New York Times Book Review