Drop City

By: T. C. Boyle

Narrated by: Richard Poe

It is the 70's, at the height of flower power. Star has just joined Drop City, a hippie commune in sunny California devoted to peace, free love and living the simple life. For Star and her companions, Drop City is utopia, a place free of the restrictions of the outside world. But underneath the music, drugs and transcendent bliss, Star slowly realises that tensions and sexual rivalries could soon tear the community apart...

©2003 T. Coraghessan Boyle (P)2003 Recorded Books, LLC

Critic reviews

"Boyle understands the multitudinous, sneaky ways innocence insulates itself from ambiguity, but in this novel he leavens that cynical insight with genuine sweetness. While the Day-Glo of the hippie era has long since faded, this novel brings it all back home, and helps us see how much in the American grain it all really was." (Publishers Weekly)

"Boyle captures the drop-out-and-get-back-to-the-land spirit of the era, as well as the chill and isolation of the Alaska winter, with a clarity that has earned him a reputation as one of our best writers. Highly recommended." (Library Journal)

"An accomplished, versatile storyteller and discerning social observer, Boyle writes with enthralling momentum and seductive detail." (Booklist)

A good listen

An interesting story that did a good job with portraying the spirit of the time while developing the characters. Great narration.

Dig this...

Boyle's vision has typically been too uncomfortably honest for me. Drop City, although excruciatingly embarrassing to a survivor of the days of peace and love, didn't evoke the usual feelings of hopelessness and the lack of any possible redemption and allowed for real insights. I recommend highly this funny and original book.

Masterful, but –

I didn’t find much to value or admire in any of the characters. There was a lot of exploration of the meanness and pettiness of human beings.

Best T.C. Boyle

This is the best T.C. Boyle on Audible. How can you beat a story about a 1970s commune and some trappers in Alaska?

For the listener who likes realistic fiction, I strongly recommend it.

Great Story and Great Reader

A story about the "lost" part of the Love Generation. Great writing, amazing language, and fantasic reader makes for a wonderful experience.