Cosmic Banditos Audiobook By A. C. Weisbecker cover art

Cosmic Banditos

A Contrabandista's Quest for the Meaning of Life

Preview

Audible Standard 30-day free trial

Try Standard free
Select 1 audiobook a month from our entire collection of titles.
Yours as long as you’re a member.
Get unlimited access to bingeable podcasts.
Standard auto renews for $8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Cosmic Banditos

By: A. C. Weisbecker
Narrated by: Ray Porter
Try Standard free

$8.99 a month after 30 days. Cancel anytime.

Buy for $15.84

Buy for $15.84

Mr. Quark is a down-on-his-luck pot smuggler hiding out in the mountains of Columbia with his dog, High Pockets, and a small band of banditos led by the irascible José. Times are lean, and to liven up their exile, José decides to mug a family of American tourists.

Among the spoils are physics texts, which launch Mr. Quark on a sidesplitting, boisterous adventure north to California, where he confronts the owner of the books with his own theories on relativity, on the nature of the universe, and on looking for the meaning of life in all the wrong places.

©2001 Alan Weisbecker (P)2009 Blackstone Audio, Inc.
Literature & Fiction Funny Witty Fiction Genre Fiction Metaphysical & Visionary Absurdist

Critic reviews

"A. C. Weisbecker outgonzos Hunter S. Thompson." (United Press International)
"Outrageous....An absurd and highly entertaining comic romp." ( Booklist)
Hilarious Adventure • Thought-provoking Content • Favorite Narrator • Unique Storytelling • Memorable Digressions

Highly rated for:

All stars
Most relevant
The most fun you'll have learning quantum physics. I would write more but I have other things to do right now, mainly psychotropic drugs and the dodging of flying debris.

A Time Traveling Footnote

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

It’s so absurd it is funny. It starts off a bit slow and I wasn’t sure I wanted to continue, but then it just got so strange I couldn’t stop listening. And I even laughed audibly at points.

One of the weirdest things I’ve ever listened to

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

Not my cup of tea I guess. Story moves but the ironic end left me wanting my time spent back. Ray's performance is okay but the sound edits were cheesy. Not as good as some of his more recent readings.

Um what?

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

If you are one of the lucky people who found this gem before it's resurgence and 2nd printing but have been putting off getting the audio version stop reading this and just buy it already....

For the rest of you:

I loved the audio version but seriously read a physical copy of the thing first. This is just one of those books that will be better if you can put it down and really think about the insanity that you just read from time to time.

One of the truly great and unique books!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

This is a book that makes you laugh but at the same time contemplate what is reality.

Laugh out loud

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.

See more reviews