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The Amazon Store at MillionDollarPetPix.com ( In association with Amazon.com )Downtown Owl: A Novelfrom: Simon & Schuster Audio  List Price: $39.95 Amazon.com's Price: $26.37 You Save: $13.58 (34%)Prices subject to change. Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours
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Binding: Audio CDDewey Decimal Number: 813.6 EAN: 9780743573726 Edition: Unabridged Format: Audiobook, Unabridged ISBN: 0743573722 Label: Simon & Schuster Audio Manufacturer: Simon & Schuster Audio Number Of Items: 8 Publication Date: September 16, 2008 Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Studio: Simon & Schuster Audio Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: New York Times Bestselling Author Chuck Kosterman's First Novel Average Rating:
 Rating: - Six months in sleepy 1983 central North DakotaChuck Klosterman's previous four books "Fargo Rock City", "Sex Drugs and Cocoa Puffs", "Killing Yourself To Live" and "IV" consisted primarily of essays on modern pop culture. His first novel "Downtown Owl" is set in the fictional sleepy, central North Dakota community of Owl during the 1983-1984 school year. The third-person point of view shifts with each chapter between three main characters: high school upperclassman and backup quarterback Mitch Hrlicka, new social studies teacher Julia Rabia ... Read More Rating: - Peyton Place revistedA modern day Peyton Place revisted should be the title of this audio book. The town of Owl is full of stories and secrets. Layered into characters, this mulei layered story tells about this town and its people in their own voices and their own ways Things are no always as they appear, crisis hits and with different view points works well The audio cast works this novel well and it is an amazing treat for your ears. The actors take this audio play to new heights. Think this ... Read More Rating:  - Funny Yet Insightful Sketch of Small Town U.S.A.The audio version of Downtown Owl is so addictive that I found myself driving extra miles in my daily commutes just to catch an extra chapter. Whether it's the author's dark comedic voice, the fully developed characterizations of small town denizens Mitch, Horace and Julia, or the memories he stirs of high school life in the mid-1980s, I can't be sure. But I can report that the result is a rare novel that's both truly funny and deeply meaningful. The plot isn't the thing here. All you ... Read More Rating:  - Not at all unexpected KlostermanI was expecting the verge into fictional territory to be strange in Klosterman's voice, but it wasn't- it was very much like Fargo Rock City if it came to life in a fictional world, following a handful of characters instead of just Chuck. The story followed my pattern for reading his previous books, actually. Some parts (or essays) are so dull and lacking of charm I want to skip them all together, and sometimes Klosterman just finds his pace and voice and he pulls me back into his prose. I almost think ... Read More Rating: - The midwest most of us never seeDowntown Owl (audio version) is a entertaining listen, a much different experience than reading the book might be. I've not listened to audio-books before, so my feelings about the book include the enjoyment factor of "reading" while commuting. There are 3 narrators, all well chosen for their characters. I didn't have any trouble following the storyline, and the narrators were excellent at capturing their particular character's nuances without becoming dramatic. I enjoyed having the book read to ... Read More 
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