A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar
A Man Lies Dreaming, Lavie Tidhar
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A Man Lies Dreaming

Author: Lavie Tidhar

Narrator: Andrew Wincott

Unabridged: 10 hr 39 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 04/20/2021

Categories: Fiction


Synopsis

Since its original 2014 publication, A Man Lies Dreaming has been translated into multiple languages and gained a cult following for its dark humor, prescient politics, and powerful exploration of the impossibility of fantasy.

1939: Adolf Hitler, fallen from power, seeks refuge in a London engulfed in the throes of a very British Fascism. Now eking a miserable living as a down-at-heels private eye and calling himself Wolf, he has no choice but to take on the case of a glamorous Jewish heiress whose sister went missing.

It's a decision Wolf will very shortly regret.

For in another time and place a man lies dreaming: Shomer, once a Yiddish pulp writer, who dreams lurid tales of revenge in the hell that is Auschwitz.

Prescient, darkly funny, and wholly original, the award-winning A Man Lies Dreaming is a modern fable for our time that comes "crashing through the door of literature like Sam Spade with a .38 in his hand" (Guardian).

About Lavie Tidhar

Lavie Tidhar is the author of the breakout Campbell and Neukom award-winning novel Central Station, which has been translated into ten languages. He has also received the British Science Fiction, Neukom Literary, and World Fantasy awards. Tidhar was born in Israel, grew up on a kibbutz, has lived in South Africa, Laos, and Vanuatu, and currently resides in London.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabrielle on April 19, 2022

[URL not allowed] Written in a style that perfectly emulates the classic noir mysteries of the 30s and 40s, this little book knocked me off my feet almost from the first page. I had really enjoyed Tidhar’s delicious steampunk novel ([URL not allowed]) bu......more

Goodreads review by Paul on February 25, 2020

I can’t believe I’m giving this book 5 stars, but I’m too much in awe of what Tidhar has pulled off here. This is an alternate history roman noir starring Hitler (yes, Hitler) as a down-at-heel private investigator. In this universe, the Nazis lost the 1933 elections, and Hitler emigrated to London,......more

Goodreads review by Bradley on July 28, 2019

Wow. Certain novels are so rich that they beggar the imagination. This one dives deep into the hidden recesses of alternate histories and pure Noir pulp in a very satisfying romp. Or is it a transformative detective piece? SF, or a commentary on what it really means to be ... led by crazy ideas? Let'......more

Goodreads review by Jamie on April 22, 2021

Initially I resisted picking this up because it just sounded too over the top ridiculous. And it is, conceptually, yet the execution is solidly rooted in an excellent, multi layered noir style mystery set against an incredibly fraught political background, that all told works exceedingly well. Throu......more