

A God in Ruins
Author: Leon Uris
Narrator: Stephen Lang
Abridged: 6 hr 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 10/04/2005
Categories: Fiction
Author: Leon Uris
Narrator: Stephen Lang
Abridged: 6 hr 5 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: HarperAudio
Published: 10/04/2005
Categories: Fiction
Internationally acclaimed novelist Leon Uris ran away from home at age seventeen, a month after the attack on Pearl Harbor, to join the Marine Corps, and he served at Guadalcanal and Tarawa. His first novel, Battle Cry, was based on his own experiences in the Marines, which he revisited in his final novel, O'Hara's Choice. His other novels include the bestsellers Redemption, Trinity, Exodus, QB VII, and Topaz, among others. Leon Uris passed away in June 2003.
Stephen Lang's Broadway work includes Wait Until Dark, A Few Good Men, The Speed of Darkness and Death of a Salesman. His films include Last Exit to Brooklyn, Gettysburg, Gods and Generals, and Tombstone. He is the Co-Artistic Director of the Actors Studio.
A very good book in parts, a bit screwy in parts. A lot to do with Gun Control and the 2nd amendment. Published in 1999, the plot has to do with a presidential election of 2008. Republicans vs Democrats. Some very good action operations, both in Iran and in Colorado. This could be fact - 30,000 Amer......more
Those who hate, must hate this book. I had heard of it, but I had never before seen it. Those who support unlimited firepower for every one regardless of their ability or their record; those who seek to enlarge themselves by being prejudiced against everything and everyone; those who distrust the edu......more
This book wasn't for me. Which given the author is more likely my problem than his. The premise is intersting enough - the lives of 2 candidates for the US presidency, one incumbant business genius and one newcomer idealist, are told through flashbacks. The personalies are developed nicely, if a bit......more
Leon Uris was VERY prophetic- this book was written in 1999, but it was uncanny how it parallels the next 21 years. He foretold of a rotten billionaire president, terrorism on the home front, a contentious election, rioting, burning and looting in the streets, the hatred and racism of the skinheads,......more