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The Cold Hard Light ­[Audio]

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Audio Cassette
Published
United States, 1 August 2022

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£17.51
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9798200702152
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Relay time: 317min
Dimensions
14.1 x 14.7 x 1.5 centimeters (0.16 kg)

About the Author

Christopher Amenta received his undergraduate degree from the College of the Holy Cross and his MFA from Boston University, where he has taught creative writing. Christopher is currently at work on his second novel. He lives in Boston with his wife and daughters.

Chris Andrew Ciulla is a versatile performer with over 50 audiobook credits to his name. The genres of his titles range from mystery/thriller to sci-fi, to fantasy and romance. He also excels at sports-related nonfiction, being a former sports radio host and frequent show guest. He's a boxing expert who is a commentator for professional matches. In addition to frequent film, television, and on-camera commercial work, Chris has voiced characters for the popular video game titles Fallout 4 and Mafia III, and can be heard in national commercial campaigns. AudioFile magazine reviewed a recent performance: Narrator Chris Ciulla adopts a slight accent to illustrate her Lithuanian roots and adds a slight tremulousness to his timbre so that Ona sounds old but still spry and spirited . . . Ciulla's open performance and slightly hurried pacing for the boy perfectly translate his unfiltered but sweet nature . . . Quinn didn't always fulfill his parental responsibilities but Ciulla makes his fundamental decency and kindness clear to the listener.

Reviews

The Cold Hard Light is a stark, Dostoyevskian tale of obsession and the myriad of ways in which hatred corrupts the soul and, bit by bit, chisels away at our humanity. H is a contemporary American grotesque, a modern-day Raskolnikov, shaped and fueled by bigotry, by his own failings, and the very 'white' sense of what he is owed in the world and what he believe others have taken from him. Twisted into a paranoid shell of a man, and, like Raskolnikov, obsessed and subsumed by his own hatred and shame, H ultimately exists within a prison all of his own making.-- "Thomas O'Malley, author of This Magnificent Desolation"

Resonating with a dark, disturbing vision, The Cold Hard Light is an ambitious novel. The story, Andrew Harrison's psychological struggle, is told with insights and nuances. An impressive accomplishment.-- "Ha Jin, National Book Award-winning author of Waiting"

Christopher Amenta has done something remarkable with The Cold Hard Light: he's told a crime story that doesn't make you feel like you've heard it all before; a Boston story that actually feels like Boston, and a revenge thriller that affords the hunter, the hunted, and all the tragedies in between the courtesy of a beating heart. Quite a debut.-- "Howard Bryant, author of Shut Out: A Story of Race and Baseball in Boston"

The Cold Hard Light is a fascinating, compelling read--a book that will haunt you long after you finish it. Amenta has a subtle, captivating voice that carries the story beautifully. The characters may remind you of Raymond Carver's half-beaten, working-class survivors, but they're caught up in a tale that is early George V. Higgins blue-collar noir. The novel's Boston, and its modern-day service economy that chews up exhausted gofers without a second thought, is the backdrop for a story of trauma, conscience, hard choices, and the hand of fate. Amenta is a writer to watch.-- "Jack O'Connell, author of Word Made Flesh and The Resurrectionist "

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