Crazy Heart by Thomas Cobb audiobook

Crazy Heart: A Novel

By Thomas Cobb
Read by Thomas Cobb

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8.37 Hours • Unabridged
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    ISBN: 9780062006226

“Crazy Heart just might be the finest country-western novel ever written, bar none.” —Houston Post “Thomas Cobb’s marvelous first novel doesn’t just play on your heartstrings, it breaks them.” — San Francisco Examiner Thomas Cobb’s riveting novel tells the unforgettable story of a former country music star hoping to take one last shot at a better life. At the age of fifty-seven—living a life riddled with ex-wives, one night stands, and daily diet of Jack Daniels—Bad Blake is on his last legs. His ticker, his liver, even his pick-up truck are all giving him trouble. A renowned songwriter and “picker” who hasn’t recorded in five years, Bad now travels the countryside on gigs that take him mostly to motels and bowling alleys. Enter Jean Craddock, a young journalist sent to interview him after a beautiful concert, and a tentative romance blooms. Can Bad stop living the life of a country-western song and tie a rope around his crazy heart?

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Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award

An Audie Award Finalist in 2011

“Crazy Heart just might be the finest country-western novel ever written, bar none.” —Houston Post

“Thomas Cobb’s marvelous first novel doesn’t just play on your heartstrings, it breaks them.” — San Francisco Examiner

Thomas Cobb’s riveting novel tells the unforgettable story of a former country music star hoping to take one last shot at a better life.

At the age of fifty-seven—living a life riddled with ex-wives, one night stands, and daily diet of Jack Daniels—Bad Blake is on his last legs. His ticker, his liver, even his pick-up truck are all giving him trouble. A renowned songwriter and “picker” who hasn’t recorded in five years, Bad now travels the countryside on gigs that take him mostly to motels and bowling alleys. Enter Jean Craddock, a young journalist sent to interview him after a beautiful concert, and a tentative romance blooms. Can Bad stop living the life of a country-western song and tie a rope around his crazy heart?

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“A measure of Thomas Cobb’s talent is that he can make Bad Blake’s story amusing even as we watch him fall. Bad is entirely sympathetic, and his crazy heart is vivid; the milieu is as resonant as a steel guitar, and the plot moves along without skipping a beat.” —New York Times Book Review
“A piercing, keenly observed chronicle of modern Americana.” —Los Angeles Times
“While there’s no singing in this audiobook, Cobb delivers the performance scenes with such passion that the listener remembers each honky-tonk, each rehearsal, and each show. Cobb brings out the flicker of hope in the recovering alcoholic when he writes and sells two terrific songs inspired by Jean. The ending will bring you to tears.” —AudioFile
“A masterpiece...[Cobb] has created an unforgettable character who engages not only your interest but your emotion...and who proceeds to take you on a roller coaster ride through his tawdrily tumultuous life.” —Chicago Tribune
“Thomas Cobb’s marvelous first novel doesn’t just play on your heartstrings, it breaks them.” —San Francisco Examiner
“Blake’s dedication to, and integrity towards, his country music is more than matched by Cobb’s moving, respectful evocation of the world of country music and the life and times of Bad Blake.” —Boston Herald
“Crazy Heart is a beautiful book...The characters are cut cleanly out of America—the roadside West, the dance halls and beer joints, the occasional big concert, Houston, Nashville, Southern California, and the endless, eternal hotel rooms that are as close to home as a country singer ever gets...Bad Blake is a man you will not soon forget.” —Washington Times
“This is a heartfelt book; the descriptions of writing songs and playing them, of finding love and ruining it, of sweet, painful memories. There’s nothing startling in the plot or the characters, but they are alive.” —Houston Chronicle
“You can almost hear the whining twang of a pedal steel guitar and the droning of a mournful singer while reading Crazy Heart.” —Fort Worth Star-Telegram
“[Cobb’s] picture of the scraggly underside of Western music is brutally convincing.” —New Yorker
“Bad Blake lives at the poor end of the rainbow, but you’ll never forget him. Crazy Heart is a splendid achievement.” —Donald Barthelme

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Author Bio: Thomas Cobb

Author Bio: Thomas Cobb

Thomas Cobb was born in Chicago, Illinois, and grew up in Tucson, Arizona. Thinking more important things happened away from the desert he loved as a child, he left for bigger cities like New York and Los Angeles. However, when he finally returned, he saw the landscape anew and it became the setting for his writings. His novel Crazy Heart was turned into a hit movie. He lives in Rhode Island with his wife.

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Available Formats : Digital Download
Runtime: 8.37
Audience: Adult
Language: English

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