Eat the Document
- Author Dana Spiotta
- Narrator Rachael Warren
- Publisher Blackstone Publishing
- Publish Date 1 November 2012
- Run Time 9 hours and 8 minutes
- Format Audio
- Genre Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics.
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What to expect
In the heyday of the 1970s underground, Bobby DeSoto and Mary Whittaker—passionate, idealistic, and in love—design a series of radical protests against the Vietnam War. When one action goes wrong, the course of their lives is forever changed. The two must erase their past, forge new identities, and never see each other again.
Now it is the 1990s. Mary lives in the suburbs with her fifteen-year-old son, who spends hours immersed in the music of his mother’s generation. She has no idea where Bobby is, whether he is alive or dead.
Shifting between the protests in the 1970s and the consequences of those choices in the 1990s, Dana Spiotta deftly explores the connection between the two eras—their language, technology, music, and activism. Character-driven and brilliant, this is an important and revelatory novel about the culture of rebellion, with particular resonance now.
Critics Review
“Brims with such
energy and intelligence…Spiotta
has written a glorious sendup of contemporary social and ecological
activists with all their preening idealism and absurdity.”
“Stunning…The staccato ferocity of a Joan Didion essay and the
historical resonance and razzle-dazzle language of…Don DeLillo.”
“Infused with subtle wit…singularly powerful and provocative…Spiotta has a wonderful ironic sensibility, juxtaposing ’70s fervor with ’90s expediency.”
“Scintillating…Spiotta creates a mesmerizing portrait of radicalism’s decline.”
| Author | Dana Spiotta |
|---|---|
| Narrator | Rachael Warren |
| Duration | 9 hours and 8 minutes |
| Release Date | |
| ISBN | 9781620642092 |
| Format | Audiobook |
| Publisher | Blackstone Publishing |
| Genre | Family life fiction, Fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Coming of age, Narrative theme: Politics |
| Availability | AU, GB, IE, US |
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