The Last Paradise, Antonio Garrido
The Last Paradise, Antonio Garrido
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The Last Paradise

Author: Antonio Garrido, Simon Bruni

Narrator: Stefan Rudnicki

Unabridged: 12 hr 24 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download (DRM Protected)

Published: 04/01/2017

Synopsis

Jack Beilis once lived the American dream: custom suits, new cars, and the best clubs. But by 1931, he has sunk so low he cannot feed himself or his ailing father. Now he barely has time to wipe the blood from his hands before he finds himself on a ship from New York to Moscow, running from a crime he never intended.Desperate for an escape route, Jack wants to believe stories of a worker’s paradise in the Soviet Union. Maybe the distance between Ellis Island and Red Square will let him leave poverty—and his pursuers—far behind. Jack accepts an opportunity at the Gorky Ford Factory and embarks on a new life.What he finds, though, is a surveillance society, empty store shelves, and a dangerous network of black markets. There seems to be no way out, until Jack meets Dr. Natasha Lobanova. Could this Russian beauty be his deliverance? When Natasha’s own dark history surfaces, Jack’s fate is threatened. With betrayals and secrets everywhere, Jack struggles to trust anyone or anything—even his own heart.

About Antonio Garrido

A native of Spain, an educator, and an industrial engineer, Antonio Garrido was inspired by the stories of Jules Verne and Sir Walter Scott as a child. Although in his early career Garrido focused on technical writing, the discovery of a forgotten manuscript in 2001 led him to write his first novel, The Scribe, a finalist for the Fulbert Prize.Since then, he has become known for novels that reflect deep study of the cultural, social, legal, and political facets of specific historical eras. The Corpse Reader, a fictionalized account of the Chinese founding father of forensic science, won the Zaragoza International Prize and the Griffe Noire prize. The Last Paradise, a historical thriller, is his third novel and a winner of the Premio Fernando Lara de Novela. His work has been translated into eighteen languages.Garrido currently combines writing with teaching at the Polytechnic University and the Cardenal Herrera-CEU University in Valencia, Spain.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Gabriel

The interesting part about this book was learning about the American workers who traveled to the Soviet Union after the 1917 Russian Revolution, in search of a better life. But unfortunately I wouldn't recommend it to anyone, because of the poor writing, shallow characters, cheesy comments and the c......more

Goodreads review by Lora J Rahe

Glad I didn't pay for it! Though the mystery of uncovering the real bad guys kept me reading, it was more of a chore than a pleasure. The writing style reminded me of a high schooler's first attempts. There was too little character development and too much predictability. However, setting the story i......more

Goodreads review by R.G.

A Historical Fiction with well researched true history The Last Paradise by Antonia Garrido, although from true historical essays, was both repetitious and unrealistic that an intelligent young man from the United States, born in Russia, could actually put himself into such controlling positions. It......more

Goodreads review by Lena

This months kindle first offering was a story of people so desperate during the Great Depression that they emigrated to Russia, the "workers paradise." I had never heard of this and was struck by how bad of an idea it was and how hopelessyou had to be to move to Russia (then, later, now, ever!). Th......more

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