They Call Me Carpenter
Upton Sinclair
Read by Tom Weiss
The story takes place in the fictional city of Western City circa 1920. It begins with a man named Billy who is attacked by a mob of ex-servicemen outside a theater after watching a German film. Billy stumbles into a church to escape the mob and is visited by Carpenter, that is Jesus, who walks out of the stained glass window of the church. Carpenter is shocked and appalled by his observations of greed, selfishness, lust, sorrow, and the ultimate division between rich and poor. The story then roughly follows the ministry of Jesus. (Summary from Wikipedia and modified by the Reader) (5 hr 33 min)
Chapters
01 - Chapters 1 through 7 | 32:24 | Read by Tom Weiss |
02 - Chapters 8 through 13 | 33:46 | Read by Tom Weiss |
03 - Chapters 14 through 19 | 32:01 | Read by Tom Weiss |
04 - Chapters 20 through 25 | 31:25 | Read by Tom Weiss |
05 - Chapters 26 through 31 | 34:53 | Read by Tom Weiss |
06 - Chapters 32 through 37 | 36:07 | Read by Tom Weiss |
07 - Chapters 38 through 42 | 29:10 | Read by Tom Weiss |
08 - Chapters 43 through 48 | 26:50 | Read by Tom Weiss |
09 - Chapters 49 through 54 | 26:03 | Read by Tom Weiss |
10 - Chapters 55 through 60 | 34:41 | Read by Tom Weiss |
11 - Chapters 61 through 63 | 15:40 | Read by Tom Weiss |
Reviews
Reading by Tom Wiess was excellent as always. Thought provoking
Sam L.
A LibriVox Listener
The story has so much potential but the author did very little with what should be a story that writes itself. All of the allusions to the new testament are very forced and trying too hard. Plus the story says relatively little about society when it should be able to say so much. Just a boring story all in all.