The Darling - Russell Banks

Written by Russell Banks
Read by Mary Beth Hurt
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 32 Kbps

General Information
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Title: The Darling
Author: Russell Banks
Reader: Mary Beth Hurt
Audiobook Copyright: 2004-12-21
Publisher: HarperAudio
Duration: 14 hrs 16 mins
ISBN: 9780060824716
Subjects: Fiction

File Information
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Media Format: AAC
Total Files: 1
Total Size: 199 MB
Bitrate: 32 kbps
Sample Rate: 44.1 kHz
Channels: Stereo

Book Description
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The Darling is Hannah Musgrave’s story, told emotionally and
convincingly years later by Hannah herself. A political radical and
member of the Weather Underground, Hannah has fled America to West
Africa, where she and her Liberian husband become friends and
colleagues of Charles Taylor, the notorious warlord and now ex-
president of Liberia. When Taylor leaves for the United States in an
effort to escape embezzlement charges, he’s immediately placed in
prison. Hannah’s encounter with Taylor in America ultimately triggers
a series of events whose momentum catches Hannah’s family in its grip
and forces her to make a heartrending choice. Set in Liberia and the
United States from 1975 through 1991, The Darling is a
political/historical thriller — reminiscent of Graham Greene and
Joseph Conrad — that explodes the genre, raising serious
philosophical questions about terrorism, political violence, and the
clash of races and cultures. Performed by Mary Beth Hurt