Born Slippy (Unabridged)
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4.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Frank knew as well as anyone how stories start and how they end. This fiery mess, or something like it, was bound to happen. He had been expecting it for years.
Frank Baltimore is a bit of a loser, struggling by as a carpenter and handyman in rural New England when he gets his big break, building a mansion in the executive suburbs of Hartford. One of his workers is a charismatic 18-year-old kid from Liverpool, Dmitry, in the US in the summer before university. Dmitry is a charming sociopath, who develops a fascination with his autodidactic philosopher boss, perhaps thinking that, if he could figure out what made Frank tick, he could be less of a pig. Dmitry heads to Asia and makes his fortune, with a trail of corpses in his wake. When Dmitry’s office building in Taipei explodes in an enormous fireball, Frank heads to Asia, falls in love with Dmitry’s wife, and things go from bad to worse.
Combining the best elements of literary thriller, noir, and political satire, Born Slippy is a darkly comic and honest meditation on modern life under global capitalism.
Customer Reviews
Sex and Money
Enormously entertaining, and less than profound. A battle of values between an American and his Liverpool acquaintance, who seems to have his nose in anyone’s groin, while he reaps scandalous amounts of money. The Audiobook narrator delivers a remarkable performance as he captures the Liverpool accent, keeping both characters’ conflicts lively throughout. If it’s true that authors write what they know, then I have to wonder how much of this story borders on Mr. Lutz’s autobiography!