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Nadine in NY Jones
I am an invisible man. No, I am not a spook like those who haunted Edgar Allan Poe; nor am I one of your Hollywood-movie ectoplasms. I am a man of substance, of flesh and bone, fiber and liquids—and I might even be said to possess a mind. I am invisible, understand, simply because people refuse to see me.


GREAT opening lines! But ... this is just not my thing. What is it even? The symbolism is over my head, or before my Time, or something. The writing is fussy, the story (I can't even say the
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Rachel
My first audio book! The only problem is I have no idea what I missed.

I really liked Joe Morton's voice. Is it sad that I watched Speed so many times when I was younger that I recognized his voice how many years later? "And here's to Jack...for shooting Harry!" Hahaha. I didn't like it much when he laughed though, like I know what laughing sounds like, I want to know what happens next!
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Jayme Pendergraft
Feb 15, 2007 rated it really liked it  ·  review of another edition
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