Hadrians Walls, Robert Draper
Hadrians Walls, Robert Draper
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Hadrian's Walls

Author: Robert Draper

Narrator: Pete Bradbury

Unabridged: 14 hr 14 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 03/11/2011


Synopsis

Robert Draper's critically-acclaimed debut novel explores the bonds of friendship and and the limits of loyalty. As a 15-year-old boy, Hadrian committed murder to save his friend Sonny's life and is sentenced to 50 years in prison. As the years progress their mutual dependence on each other twists their friendship into a question of who owes what to whom.

About Robert Draper

Robert Draper is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and National Geographic and a correspondent to GQ. He is the author of several books, most recently the New York Times bestseller Dead Certain: The Presidency of George W. Bush. He lives in Washington, DC.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Michael on September 28, 2019

At the age of fifteen, Hadrian Coleman killed a judge and gouged his eyes out. After fifteen years in the Texas prison system he was about to be paroled when he killed a fellow prisoner...his escape was legendary and after eight years on the lam he discovers that he's been pardoned by the governor a......more

Goodreads review by Silas on November 14, 2019

Plenty of twists, turns, blindsides, and reality are in this novel. I would recommend it to those looking for something off the beaten path. I wasn't sure what to expect, but the tale was wonderfully conceived, realized, and executed by Mr. Draper.......more

Goodreads review by Katie on July 04, 2020

Very Robert Penn Warren “All the King’s Men”-esque. A powerful story of corruption and human connectedness.......more

Goodreads review by Sue on May 20, 2021

set in East Texas: illegal prison chiefs; betrayal of friends......more

Goodreads review by Pat on February 25, 2008

Just so so. Sort of a beach read.......more