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  • By: Nathan Hill
  • Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
  • Length: 21 hrs and 41 mins
  • 4.6 out of 5 stars (125 ratings)

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The Nix

By: Nathan Hill
Narrated by: Ari Fliakos
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Publisher's Summary

Nathan Hill's brilliant debut, The Nix, journeys from the rural Midwest of the 1960s, to New York City during Occupy Wall Street; from Chicago in 1968, to wartime Norway: home of the mysterious Nix.

Meet Samuel: stalled writer, bored teacher at a local college, obsessive player of online video games. He hasn't seen his mother, Faye, in decades, not since she abandoned her family when he was a boy. Now she has suddenly reappeared, having committed an absurd politically motivated crime that electrifies the nightly news, beguiles the Internet, and inflames a divided America. The media paints Faye as a radical hippie with a sordid past, but as far as Samuel knows, his mother was an ordinary girl who married her high-school sweetheart. Which version of his mother is true? Two facts are certain: she's facing some serious charges, and she needs Samuel's help.

As Samuel begins to excavate his mother's, and his country's, history, he will unexpectedly find that he has to rethink everything he ever knew about her - a woman with an epic story of her own, a story she has kept hidden from the world.

©2016 Nathan Hill (P)2016 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd.

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could listen to this one more than once

I really enjoyed the listen. The story is engaging and surprising. However, there were a few times that I felt the book moved slowly or spelt it out too much. Even so i know I'll listen to it again

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Such a gifted narrator and brilliant story

I loved this book, and the narrator is so gifted, honestly, he was just perfect

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Phenomenal story, one of my favourites

I read this book when it was released in 2016 and have just enjoyed listening back.

Great narrating and various voices giving life to an incredible (I think true) story.

Layers to it. Brilliant

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Underrated book!

Thoroughly immersive, the detail and storyline are so well written, and the storytelling was amazing!

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Nothing to do with basketball!! A great listen!!

I had this title in my wish-list for ages, but not being from the USA, I had this vague notion that "The Nix" was a sports team and while I read rave reviews, I didn't think this was really a book I would get around to reading/listening to, as I thought it was about a basketball team.

However a Nix is actually a house-spirit, a family ghost, a generational haunting from Scandinavian folklore. This is not a faerie story either, but a depiction of family, love, sacrifice and irony across generations.

Now that is clear, this is a great listen. It's very well written, and narrated perfectly bringing each character to life, giving them distinct voices and style.

The old adage is true, never judge a book by its cover, give this one a go and I don't think you will regret doing so.

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Amazing

This is a beautiful confluence-where novel and narrator match perfectly The style of this novel has been both quirky and introspective. Well worth the time

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Funny and sad

what variety in one book. voice over was spot on.

loved the cast of characters.
At times hilarious and at times tearfully sad.

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the perfect audio book.

I was sceptical at first but loved every minute of it. at times overwhelmingly real, at times bizarre.

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Fantastic!

This has the best narrator I’ve ever heard in an audiobook. Excellent, witty story. Highly recommend!

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Great book excellently performed

Really enjoyed this book. Hill captures current values and relationships with a sharp, at times uncomfortable accuracy. At times it was laugh out loud funny and at times jaw dropping bleak. A good book to listen to, immaculately performed.

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