Dr. No : a novel
(Playaway Audiobook)
Author
Contributors
Abdullah, Amir (Narrator), narrator.
Playaway Digital Audio, issuing body.
Playaway Products, LLC, issuing body.
Playaway Digital Audio, issuing body.
Playaway Products, LLC, issuing body.
Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023].
ISBN
9798822668898, 9798822668, 9789798822667
Physical Desc
1 audio media player (6.5 hr.) : digital, HD audio ; 3 3/8 x 2 1/8 in.
Status
Copies
Location | Call Number | Status |
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Medford - Audiovisual | Playaway/Everett | On Shelf |
More Details
Published
Solon, Ohio : Playaway Products, LLC, [2023].
Format
Playaway Audiobook
Language
English
ISBN
9798822668898, 9798822668, 9789798822667
Notes
General Note
Issued on Playaway.
General Note
Title supplied by publisher.
General Note
Release date supplied by publisher.
General Note
One set of earphones and one AAA battery required for playback.
General Note
Previously released by Tantor Audio.
General Note
Accompanying material may vary.
Participants/Performers
Read by Amir Abdullah.
Description
The protagonist of Percival Everett's puckish new novel is a brilliant professor of mathematics who goes by Wala Kitu. (Wala, he explains, means "nothing" in Tagalog, and Kitu is Swahili for "nothing.") He is an expert on nothing. That is to say, he is an expert, and his area of study is nothing, and he does nothing about it. This makes him the perfect partner for the aspiring villain John Sill, who wants to break into Fort Knox to steal, well, not gold bars but a shoebox containing nothing. Once he controls nothing he'll proceed with a dastardly plan to turn a Massachusetts town into nothing. Or so he thinks. With the help of the brainy and brainwashed astrophysicist-turned-henchwoman Eigen Vector, our professor tries to foil the villain while remaining in his employ. In the process, Wala Kitu learns that Sill's desire to become a literal Bond villain originated in some real all-American villainy related to the murder of Martin Luther King Jr. As Sill says, "Professor, think of it this way. This country has never given anything to us and it never will. We have given everything to it. I think it's time we gave nothing back." Dr. No is a caper with teeth, a wildly mischievous novel from one of our most inventive, provocative, and productive writers. That it is about nothing isn't to say that it's not about anything. In fact, it's about villains. Bond villains. And that's not nothing.
Target Audience
Adult.
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Citations
APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Everett, P., & Abdullah, A. (. (2023). Dr. No: a novel . Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Everett, Percival and Amir (Narrator), Abdullah. 2023. Dr. No: A Novel. Playaway Products, LLC.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Everett, Percival and Amir (Narrator), Abdullah. Dr. No: A Novel Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Everett, Percival,, and Amir (Narrator) Abdullah. Dr. No: A Novel Playaway Products, LLC, 2023.
Note! Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy. Citation formats are based on standards as of August 2021.
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