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The Ice Harvest

By: Scott Phillips
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Publisher's summary

It's Christmas Eve, 1979, in Wichita, and Charlie Arglist, a crooked lawyer and strip-club owner, is drunkenly making the rounds before he blows town for good. Getting progressively drunker and deeper in trouble, Charlie needs to drop off a photograph of a local official in a compromising position and steal some drug money. Before it's all over, a lot of people are going to wind up dead.
©2000 Scott Phillips (P)2005 Blackstone Audiobooks

Critic reviews

"[A] funny, craftily malevolent first novel, an ice-pick-sharp crime story that sustains its film-noir energy all the way to an outrageous whammy of an ending." (The New York Times)
"A pitch-perfect foray into pulp fiction, witty and bitter, with an ironic conclusion that makes a neat package." (Library Journal)

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well worth your time

great narrator, story that holds your interest, main character who makes some bad choices. merry christmas.

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The ice harvest

Amusing story of murder and betrayal. violence and plenty of double crossing characters are just a few of the actions that this story will surprise you with.

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Worth the time.

Love the story. Love Grover as narrator. Dislike strongly the ending. I just think of the movie ending and stop listening.

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Loves it

I loved this book, the ending sucked but all in all it was a great book with a great reader. It’s got Christmas, crime, and everything I love in a story, highly recommend.

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Entertaining!

I didn't know what to expect, but this turned out to be really good. Surprising and a little twisty and quite entertaining. The narrator did solid justice to the book.

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A little slow at times

There were slow parts in this book and some unbelievable parts, but overall okay.

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Loved it.

Nice and seedy Holiday themed crime novel is a fun read for those that like it dark...... and don't like the insipid Holidays.

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Entertaining ...

This isn't bad. It was enjoyable way to pass the time. If you like movies like Blood Simple and A Simple Plan, if you appreciate almost anything Billie Bob Thorton is in, then you'll enjoy this one. Gardner did a nice job with the narration.

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depends on the listener

you will either like it or hate it depending on how you feel about having no likable characters (except a few sentences of a girl with a deadbeat dad), the stripbar/drunk/foul mouth side of the city, and being depressed and pessimistic on Christmas.

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Unfortunate

I got this book because I love the narrator but even he couldn't save this book. It was full of characters that were shallow and unlikable. A waste of money.

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