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Title: Rules for Old Men Waiting
Author: Peter Pouncey
Narrator: Simon Vance
Format: Unabridged
Length: 6 hrs and 57 mins
Language: English
Release date: 04-15-05
Publisher: Random House Audio
Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 32 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary
Publisher's Summary:
In a house on the Cape "older than the Republic", Robert MacIver, a historian who long ago played rugby for Scotland, creates a list of rules by which to live out his last days. The most important rule, to "tell a story to its end", spurs the old Scot on to invent a strange and gripping tale of men in the trenches of the First World War.
Drawn from a depth of knowledge and imagination, MacIver conjures the implacable, clear-sighted artist Private Callum; the private's nemesis Sergeant Braddis, with his pincerlike nails; Lieutenant Simon Dodds, who takes on Braddis; and Private Charlie Alston, who is ensnared in this story of inhumanity and betrayal but brings it to a close.
This invented tale of the Great War prompts MacIver's own memories of his role in World War II and of Vietnam, where his son, David served. Both the stories and the memories alike are lit by the vivid presence of Margaret, his wife. As Hearts and Minds director Peter Davis writes, "Pouncey has wrought an almost inconceivable amount of beauty from pain, loss, and war, and I think he has been able to do this because every page is imbued with the love story at the heart of his astonishing novel."
Critic Reviews:
"Although mortality is its central theme, this gracefully written novel is never depressing. With its expansive scope--war, work, love, loss--it is instead a beautiful testament to one man's resilient spirit." (Booklist)
"Begun in 1981, this slender, unpretentious, lyrical, and deeply moving novel by the president emeritus of Amherst College was more than two decades in the making....Pouncey's first book is proof that sometimes greatness comes slowly and in small packages." (Publishers Weekly)
