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    Keeper

    Written by Mal Peet

    Narrated by Christopher Lane

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    About this audiobook

    In a small newspaper office in South America, Paul Faustino, a veteran sports reporter, begins an exclusive interview with El Gato, the World Cup-winning soccer phenom. Over the course of the long night, El Gato tells the story of how an unspectacular teenager in a poor logging town became the world's most accomplished goalkeeper. It is a tale filled with tension, hunger, and magic, set in a mythic corner of the jungle. But above all it is a tale about El Gato's ghostly, but very real mentor: the Keeper.

    "A well-written, fast-paced sports story that addresses far more than just the sport itself." -School Library Journal

    "This haunting tale is full of sports action.… An unusual and compelling story." -KLIATT

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherBrilliance Audio
    Release dateFeb 28, 2011
    ISBN9781455800704
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    • 5/5
      The South American goalkeeper who has just led his team in winning the World Cup tells his life story to the most famous South American sports writer in an exclusive interview, but Paul (the writer) gets so much more than he bargained for in El Gato's story, and the keeper has his own motives for telling all of his secrets.I honestly didn't think I'd like this book, because I couldn't imagine enjoying any book about any kind of sport. But this one is about so much more than soccer. It combines a deep-set love of the game with a coming-of-age story wrapped in magical realism and with a healthy dose of environmental consciousness. In short, it's a winner.
    • 4/5
      Soccer players would love this story. Nice action and a great feeling for being in the goal.
    • 5/5
      This was one of the best YA books I've read in a long time and one of the best sports books (YA or other) that I've read in a really, really long time. Centered around a fictitious world cup winning goalkeeper, Keeper is an amazing story about the supernatural crossed with soccer. It's fun, funny, sad, beautiful and moving, all mixed in together. Peet's gift for words, his engrossing plot and exceptional characters make Keeper a brilliant book. I have so much love for this book. My only complaint is that it took me far too long to finally pick it up.
    • 4/5
      A transcendental book about soccer. El Gato begins as a young boy, too clumsy and dorky to play. Tired of sitting on the sidelines, he starts exploring the rainforest near his home. He finds a mysterious clearing and a ghostly mentor who helps him become a goalkeeper.
    • 3/5
       After several really good Lescroart novels, this one flagged and became less intriguing. Glitsky, the homicide detective, has faded and Dismas (Lawyer) seems less potent than in earlier novels.
    • 5/5
      The best John Lescroart novel yet! I truly enjoy the Dismas Hardy series. This one features the character of Abe Glitsky and is a wonderful compilation of all of the dimensions that readers admire and respect in this character! Outstanding!
    • 5/5
      [The Keeper] by John LescroartDismas Hardy Series Book #154.5&#8733'sFrom the Book:On the evening before Thanksgiving, Hal Chase, a guard in the San Francisco County Jail, drives to the airport to pick up his step-brother for the weekend. When they return, Hal’s wife, Katie, has disappeared without a clue.By the time Dismas Hardy hears about this, Katie has been missing for five days. The case strikes close to home because Katie had been seeing Hardy’s wife, a marriage counselor. By this time, the original Missing Persons case has become a suspected homicide, and Hal is the prime suspect. And the lawyer he wants for his defense is none other than Hardy himself. Hardy calls on his friend, former homicide detective Abe Glitsky, to look into the case. At first it seems like the police might have it right; the Chases’ marriage was fraught with problems; Hal’s alibi is suspect; the life insurance policy on Katie was huge. But Glitsky’s mission is to identify other possible suspects, and there proves to be no shortage of them: Patti Orosco—rich, beautiful, dangerous, and Hal’s former lover; the still unknown person who had a recent affair with Katie; even Hal’s own step-mother Ruth, resentful of Katie’s gatekeeping against her grandchildren. And as Glitsky probes further, he learns of an incident at the San Francisco jail, where Hal works—only one of many questionable inmate deaths that have taken place there. Then, when Katie’s body is found not three blocks from the Chase home, Homicide arrests Hal and he finds himself an inmate in the very jail where he used to work, a place full of secrets he knows all too well. Against this backdrop of conspiracy and corruption, ambiguous motives and suspicious alibis, an obsessed Glitsky closes in on the elusive truth. As other deaths begin to pile up he realizes, perhaps too late, that the next victim might be himself.My Thoughts:Most of the story is told from the point of view of former homicide detective Abe Glitsky. Hardy has hired him to find out who killed his client's wife. Glitsky is a retired detective, so he knows what to do and wastes no time in doing it...but runs into road blocks that are doing more harm than good at every turn. Just when he thinks he will never be a "real cop" again the DA needs a new investigator to take over when one of his people is killed. Hardy talks the D.A. into hiring Glitsky so that it will give him back his police authority but still with the imperative to find out the truth. The truth takes many different turns and even though everyone knows what the truth is....a major problem is the truth can't be proven.about half way through the book I was enjoying the story and was sure that Glitsky and I had it all figured out...but think again. Well done Mr. Lescoart. The story didn't seem to move along very fast in places but it was a excellent read but somewhat lacked t the usual amount of suspense. No court action...which Dismas Hardy is famous for in these books...which was a little disappointing.
    • 5/5
      The best John Lescroart novel yet! I truly enjoy the Dismas Hardy series. This one features the character of Abe Glitsky and is a wonderful compilation of all of the dimensions that readers admire and respect in this character! Outstanding!
    • 4/5
      The novel, Keeper, encompasses the theme that people can achieve their goal through hard work and determination. In the beginning, Gato, the protagonist and the world’s greatest goal keeper tells Paul Faustino, one of South America’s best sports writers about his childhood. He explains to him that he often struggled to find the approval of his parents because they both had a different dream for him. Throughout the middle of his story, he describes his meetings with a mystical spirit, The Keeper, and how rigorous his training with him felt. By the end of the novel, Gato then asks Paul to write him a book about him and his meeting the Keeper; Paul reluctantly agrees but then is startled to discover that Gato is retiring. Gato then returns to his hometown, with his World cup trophy to free The Keeper. (225/225)
    • 3/5
      Narrated by Christopher Lane. “The Graveyard Book” meets the World Cup. Lane does a great job bringing out the emotional aspects of El Gato’s story although some of the accents are inconsistent.
    • 4/5
      This was a marvelous blend of a sports story with a little paranormal twist. Paul Faustino is a journalist who is interviewing the soccer phenomenon known as Gato after winning the World Cup. The reader sits in on the interview and hears his remarkable story that opens in a little logging town on the edge of the Amazon rain forest. Without any TV or theaters and very little schooling, the only activity enjoyed by the sons of the loggers was soccer. Our young man was originally called La Cigüeńa, the Stork, because he was all limbs and skinny and clumsy. Instead of playing with his friends he started to explore the jungle around his home which thrilled his mother. One day he discovers a rarity in that country, a clearing. Even stranger was that there was a goal made of wood at one end. As he ponders this, a strange being emerges from the forest and begins training the lad to be a goalie. I am not big on sports stories but I was enthralled by the descriptions of the moves and techniques described in the story. A delightful read.