Cry Macho, N. Richard Nash
Cry Macho, N. Richard Nash
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Cry Macho

Author: N. Richard Nash

Narrator: Chris Henry Coffey

Unabridged: 11 hr 1 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 09/14/2021


Synopsis

Now a major motion picture directed by and starring Clint Eastwood, a riveting novel of an aging rodeo star's last ride.

Mike's best years are behind him. There was a time when he was the best rider in the circuit, but a divorce and years of hard living have worn his body down. After an accident, his career comes to an abrupt end, but his boss gives him one last job: he must cross the border into Mexico, kidnap his boss’s son, Rafo, from his boss’s ex-wife, to be used as leverage in their ongoing divorce. Mike arrives to find the boy has already run away, and his plan is immediately exposed to the local police. When he finds Rafo living on the streets of Mexico city, supporting himself though petty crime and winnings from the occasional cockfight, Mike convinces the boy to come back to Texas. Still running from the law, the two set out on a journey northward that forges an unlikely friendship and forces both to reckon with the choices they’ve made in pursuit of being “macho.” Originally published in 1976, N. Richard Nash's novel of friendship and the search for identity is now being adapted for the big screen.

Reviews

A Macho Story I enjoyed reading this book in spite of the slowness in places. It’s really a sad story and I prefer uplifting stories. I wanted to read it before I saw the movie. I can’t imagine Clint Eastwood as Mike due to the vast age difference than the story. However I know how screen writers tak......more

Goodreads review by Mist

It was quiet entertaining. Kept me busy during my free time at college. Was fun to read, the way Nash is so descriptive really helped trigger my imagination and I almost imagined everything to be happening like a movie inside my head while reading. I heard Arnold Schwarzenegger was gonna make this i......more

3,5 stars. THIS REVIEW CONTAINS SPOILERS! This book was the first one to read in the reading project with my fiance. In 2022, we decided to read one book per two months (so at least 6 mutual books in one year) and each one of us can choose the book by turns. This first book was chosen by my fiance an......more

Goodreads review by Lee

3.9/10 I was a tad bit frustrated with the pacing of the movie adaptation, but oh heck, Eastwood just distilled what worked in the book, cut out what didn't (pages and pages and pages of really gross sex stuff), and made a really overall beautiful movie. The endings are slightly different, although I......more