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Requires OverDrive Media Console (file size: 141588 KB). |
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Mode of access: World Wide Web. |
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Downloadable audio file. |
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Title from: Title details screen. |
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Unabridged. |
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Duration: 9:51:04. |
| Performer |
Read by Lloyd James. |
| Summary |
"The last marlin" is an unforgettable memoir of growing up in the 1950s. Young Fred is a Jewish boy stretched between the divergent values of parents who cannot tolerate each other. Fred's father Abe is a brilliantly talented salesman whose relentless will drives him to succeed, whatever the cost. He marries Stella, an abstract artist, the student of De Kooning and Hans Hoffmann, but also the daughter of a wealthy industrialist with whom Abe forges an alliance. When the marriage founders, Fred's world is assaulted and he must negotiate the tense family divide. In scenes that range from Long Island synagogues to smoky nights with legendary painters to the boats of drug smugglers in Bimini and the marlin-rich waters of the Gulf Stream, Fred sinks boats and battles thousand-pounders, believing that fishing is the answer to all problems. |
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Waitzkin, Fred.
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Waitzkin, Fred -- Family.
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Waitzkin family.
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Jews -- United States -- Biography. -- Sound recordings.
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Big game fishing. -- Sound recordings.
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| Added Author |
James, Lloyd.
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| ISBN |
0786141441 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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9780786141449 (sound recording : OverDrive Audio Book) |
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