Lanny Budd Novels 1-6 - Upton Sinclair

Written by Upton Sinclair
Read by Bronson Pinchot
Format: M4B
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Unabridged

Between 1940 and 1953, Sinclair wrote a series of 11 novels featuring a central character named Lanny Budd. He was the son of an American arms manufacturer who moved in the confidence of world leaders, not simply witnessing events but often propelling them. The protagonist has been characterized as the antithesis of the “Ugly American” - a sophisticated socialite who mingles easily with people from all cultures and socioeconomic classes.

The series covers in sequence much of the political history of the Western world, particularly Europe and America, in the first half of the twentieth century. Almost totally forgotten today, the novels were all bestsellers upon publication and were published in twenty-one countries. The third book in the series, Dragon’s Teeth, won the Pulitzer Prize for the Novel in 1943.

#1 - World’s End
26 hrs and 56 mins

#2 - Between Two Worlds
31 hrs and 42 mins

#3 - Dragon’s Teeth
23 hrs and 46 mins

#4 - Wide is the Gate
28 hrs and 17 mins

#5 - Presidential Agent
29 hrs and 24 mins

#6 - Dragon Harvest
30 hrs and 14 mins