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Cosmopolis

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By: Don DeLillo
Narrated by: Will Patton
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From the bestselling author of White Noise comes a riveting exploration on wealth as a man's life gradually falls to pieces over the course of one day—now a major motion picture directed by David Cronenberg and starring Robert Pattinson.

It is an April day in the year 2000 and an era is about to end. The booming times of market optimism—when the culture boiled with money and corporations seemed more vital and influential than governments— are poised to crash. Eric Packer, a billionaire asset manager at age twenty-eight, emerges from his penthouse triplex and settles into his lavishly customized white stretch limousine. Today he is a man with two missions: to pursue a cataclysmic bet against the yen and to get a haircut across town. Stalled in traffic by a presidential motorcade, a music idol’s funeral and a violent political demonstration, Eric receives a string of visitors—experts on security, technology, currency, finance and a few sexual partners—as the limo sputters toward an increasingly uncertain future.

Cosmopolis, Don DeLillo’s thirteenth novel, is both intimate and global, a vivid and moving account of the spectacular downfall of one man, and of an era.©2003 Don DeLillo; (P)2003 Simon & Schuster, Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc. Literary Fiction Fiction Satire Literature & Fiction Genre Fiction Funny Comedy Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins
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As with a number of other DeLillo novels, Cosmopolis is shockingly prophetic. Written pre-9/11, it shows a New York rocked by mass, anti-capitalist protests and riots in the face of obscene wealth inequality. We see the ascendancy of “cyber capital,” and the way one reckless trader— a spoiled billionaire with a need for risk and very little self-knowledge (ahem)— can create a world financial crisis from the back of a limo.

There are the usual DeLillo sentences and passages of such thrilling perfection, you just gasp and replay, shaking your head in admiration.

Still, there are two or three sequences that simply don’t work, and there’s a paltriness at the heart of the novel that keep it from being one of his top tier works.

I still wouldn’t hesitate to recommend it to the curious. There’s enough good stuff here— and Will Patton effing *nails* the performance— to reward the time spent.

Minor DeLillo, brilliantly performed

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Dang, Will Patton!

Now, this book is itself is really very good. It’s my first Delillo book and I read along as I listened. The writing is incredible, really brilliant in my opinion, but Will Patton’s narration brings it to life in a way that I’ve almost never heard in an audiobook.

Fantastic Book, Even Better Narration

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I'm a fan of DD and this is a great book, but the Will Paton (reader) makes this special experience. The only time I'd heard reading like this was when my friends would read out loud a passage they've loved since highschool.

Great book read perfectly

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This isn't the most popular of his books, but the reading makes this book is masterful. I've listened to this particular book a dozens of time, simply because of the reading. I enjoy DD greatly and have downloaded several of them, but this is the best read bar none. In fact, I enjoyed this rendition so much that I've actually checked the other books recorded by this reader (but unfortunately, the other titles are in genres that I am unfamiliar with). For those who enjoy DD, this is an excellent audio version.

Perfectly read...

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Would you listen to Cosmopolis again? Why?

Maybe I would to pick up missed detail...

What was one of the most memorable moments of Cosmopolis?

The destruction of the limo marking the slow decline.

Have you listened to any of Will Patton’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

no

If you were to make a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

David Cronenberg

Not the best Dellillo.. WIl Patton does well

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