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The Revenant

By: Michael Punke
Narrated by: Jeff Harding
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Winner of 3 OSCARS including BEST DIRECTOR and BEST ACTOR

Winner of 5 BAFTAS including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film

Winner of the 2016 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Drama, and Best Director

The novel that inspired the epic new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.

Hugh Glass isn’t afraid to die. He’s done it once already.

Rocky Mountains, 1823

The trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is one of the most respected men in the company, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker.
But when a scouting mission puts Glass face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive. Two men from the company are ordered to remain with him until his inevitable death. But, fearing an imminent attack, they abandon Glass, stripping him of his prized rifle and hatchet.

As Glass watches the men flee, he is driven to survive by one all-consuming desire: revenge. With shocking grit and determination, he sets out on a three-thousand-mile journey across the harsh American frontier, to seek revenge on the men who betrayed him.

The Revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution.

©2015 Michael Punke (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Celebrity Revenge Wild West Old West Survival

Critic reviews

‘A spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution’ Publishers Weekly

‘A superb revenge story . . . Punke has added considerably to our understanding of human endurance and of the men who pushed west in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark – a significant feat’ Washington Post

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For starters I haven't seen the film - yet. It's on my list and the book hasn't changed my resolve to see it.

The Revenant focuses on one man and the tough environment he finds himself abandoned in. The setup is good, the characters are believable and the plot is solid but for whatever reason I found myself disappointed with the sum of the parts. Perhaps the build up was better than the climax and thus left me feeling like it could have ended better.

Something Hollywood might address?

Movie could outshine the book

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few books really grab me this did, better than the film much better thorough and well paced no flat spots enjoy

outstanding book

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Fully excellent. I haven't read/listened to many historical novels before and I was worried I might find it boring or uninteresting but that wasn't the case here. It is a very gripping and entertaining listen. I haven't seen the film yet so I can not compare but if its half as good as the book it should be enjoyable.

Gripping

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brilliantly read .you actually feel like your there. watching whats happing to Hugh Glass etc

very good

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Never going to be as good as the movie, but a good listen anyway. Wasn't overly impressed with its ending.

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