The Executor, Jesse Kellerman
The Executor, Jesse Kellerman
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The Executor

Author: Jesse Kellerman

Narrator: Kirby Heyborne

Unabridged: 11 hr 11 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 04/01/2010


Synopsis

A masterful, inventive thriller from a remarkably assured and always surprising young writer.

Perpetual graduate student Joseph Geist is at his wit's end. Recently kicked out of their shared apartment by his girlfriend, he's left with little more than a half bust of Nietzsche's head and the realization that he's homeless and unemployed. He's hit a dead end on his dissertation; his funding has been cut off. He doesn't even have a phone. Desperate for some source of income, he searches the local newspaper and finds a curious ad:

CONVERSATIONALIST SOUGHT.
SERIOUS APPLICANTS ONLY.
PLEASE CALL 617-XXX-XXXX
BETWEEN SEVEN A.M. AND TWO P.M.
NO SOLICITORS.

And so Joseph meets Alma Spielman: a woman who, with her old-world ways and razor-sharp mind, is his intellectual soul mate. How is he to know that what seems to be the best decision of his life is the one that seals his fate?

About The Author

Jesse Kellerman won the Princess Grace Award for best young American playwright and is the author of Sunstroke, Trouble, The Genius (for which he won the 2010 Grand Prix des Lectrices de Elle), The Executor, and Potboiler (for which he was nominated for the Edgar Award for Best Novel). He lives in California.Kirby Heyborne is an American musician and actor. After graduating from the University of Utah with a degree in economics, he received critical acclaim for his starring role in the award-winning World War II drama Saints and Soldiers. He has starred in many feature films and national commercials, and has appeared on Everwood and Free Ride. He is well known for his narration and voice work on several audiobooks. In addition, he can frequently be found touring the country with his singing and songwriting act.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Daphne

Where is the thrill? I won this book from the Goodreads giveaway. I was excited to receive it as I had never read anything by this author and the premise sounded promising. The entire first half of the book was just a story about the main character's life, no thrill at all. It would have been more i......more

Goodreads review by Caitlin

There's a basic plot framework that you encounter in Gothic fiction. Our heroine, in straitened circumstances, is forced to find employment. Due to her gentle upbringing she is suitable for only a few positions - governess or ladies' companion. There is a house and a mysterious (and mildly dangerous......more

The Executor was, ultimately, a disappointing read, although luckily not a particularly time consuming one. I'm going to start with the negatives so I can at least end this review on a positive note. The main character of The Executor is a down on his luck Philosopher -Joseph- who finds himself penn......more

Goodreads review by Una

The first half of the book was interesting, and unique. Then it fell into a repetitive hole of boring.......more