A Changed Man cover art

A Changed Man

Preview
LIMITED TIME OFFER

3 months free
Try for £0.00
£8.99/mo thereafter. Renews automatically. Terms apply. Offer ends 31 July 2025 at 23:59 GMT.
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
Premium Plus auto-renews for £8.99/mo after 3 months. Cancel monthly.

A Changed Man

By: Francine Prose
Narrated by: Eric Conger
Try for £0.00

£8.99/mo after 3 months. Offer ends 31 July 2025 23:59 GMT. Cancel monthly.

Buy Now for £12.99

Buy Now for £12.99

Confirm Purchase
Pay using card ending in
By completing your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and authorise Audible to charge your designated card or any other card on file. Please see our Privacy Notice, Cookies Notice and Interest-based Ads Notice.
Cancel

About this listen

"Francine Prose has a knack for getting to the heart of human nature.... We are allowed to enter the moral dilemmas of fascinating characters whose emotional lives are strung out by the same human frailties, secrets and insecurities we all share." (USA Today)

One spring afternoon, Vincent Nolan, a young neo-Nazi walks into the office of a human rights foundation headed by Meyer Maslow, a charismatic Holocaust survivor. Vincent announces that he wants to make a radical change. But what is Maslow to make of this rough-looking stranger with Waffen SS tattoos who says that his mission is to save guys like him from becoming guys like him?

As Vincent gradually turns into the sort of person who might actually be able to do that, he also begins to transform everyone around him, including Maslow himself. Masterfully plotted, darkly comic, A Changed Man poses essential questions about human nature, morality, and the capacity for change, illuminating the everyday transactions, both political and personal, in our lives.

©2005 Francine Prose (P)2005 HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.
Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction Political Satire Comedy Morality

Listeners also enjoyed...

This Is Not Over cover art
Dream Student cover art
Ask Him Why cover art
The Breakdown Lane cover art
Hallowed Murder cover art
The You I've Never Known cover art
Deadline cover art
Domestic Violets cover art
How Evan Broke His Head and Other Secrets cover art
I Liked My Life cover art
All the Difference cover art
The Awesome Girl's Guide to Dating Extraordinary Men cover art
Heresy cover art
Before You Know Kindness cover art
RISK! cover art
The Kite Runner cover art

Editor reviews

The gritty and robust voice of veteran performer Eric Conger is the perfect mate for the subject matter in Francine Prose's A Changed Man. With a confident energy, Conger brings to life the story of Vincent Nolan and his valiant attempt at personal reformation. Francine Prose is at the top of her game here as she finds sympathy for Nolan, a young neo-Nazi, and has orchestrated a beautifully plotted story where one man's desire for change can have a dramatic effect on those around him. A Changed Man is an unusual look at some of our most essential struggles, and this production only enhances its importance.

Critic reviews

"Prose tears into this unusual premise with the piercing wit that has become her trademark....Her lively skewering of a whole cross-section of society ensures that this tale hits comic high notes even as it probes serious issues." (Publishers Weekly)
"Riotously funny....Like novelist Richard Russo, Prose uses humor to light up key social issues, to skewer smugness, and to create characters whose flaws only add to their depth and richness. This may well be Prose' best novel to date." (Booklist)
All stars
Most relevant  
I have just chosen another book to listen to based on the fact that he is reading it. I love his George Clooney type voice. I liked this book a lot but the reading made it fantastic.

Eric Conger is brilliant

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

This book is really interesting, amusing and thought-provoking. I find it scary though that there are really people in the world like Raymond who actually believe those things.

Different - in a good way!

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