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Winner of 3 OSCARS including BEST DIRECTOR and BEST ACTOR

Winner of 5 BAFTAS including Best Actor, Best Director and Best Film

Winner of the 2016 Golden Globes for Best Motion Picture – Drama, Best Actor – Drama, and Best Director

The novel that inspired the epic new movie starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Tom Hardy.

Hugh Glass isn’t afraid to die. He’s done it once already.

Rocky Mountains, 1823

The trappers of the Rocky Mountain Fur Company live a brutal frontier life. Hugh Glass is one of the most respected men in the company, an experienced frontiersman and an expert tracker.
But when a scouting mission puts Glass face-to-face with a grizzly bear, he is viciously mauled and not expected to survive. Two men from the company are ordered to remain with him until his inevitable death. But, fearing an imminent attack, they abandon Glass, stripping him of his prized rifle and hatchet.

As Glass watches the men flee, he is driven to survive by one all-consuming desire: revenge. With shocking grit and determination, he sets out on a three-thousand-mile journey across the harsh American frontier, to seek revenge on the men who betrayed him.

The Revenant is a remarkable tale of obsession and the lengths that one man will go to for retribution.

©2015 Michael Punke (P)2015 HarperCollins Publishers Ltd Action & Adventure Fiction Genre Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Celebrity Revenge Wild West Old West Survival

Critic reviews

‘A spellbinding tale of heroism and obsessive retribution’ Publishers Weekly

‘A superb revenge story . . . Punke has added considerably to our understanding of human endurance and of the men who pushed west in the footsteps of Lewis and Clark – a significant feat’ Washington Post
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For starters I haven't seen the film - yet. It's on my list and the book hasn't changed my resolve to see it.

The Revenant focuses on one man and the tough environment he finds himself abandoned in. The setup is good, the characters are believable and the plot is solid but for whatever reason I found myself disappointed with the sum of the parts. Perhaps the build up was better than the climax and thus left me feeling like it could have ended better.

Something Hollywood might address?

Movie could outshine the book

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few books really grab me this did, better than the film much better thorough and well paced no flat spots enjoy

outstanding book

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Really great listen.
Great insight to what the times were like. Would highly recommend.

Really great listen. Would highly recommend.

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Never going to be as good as the movie, but a good listen anyway. Wasn't overly impressed with its ending.

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What made the experience of listening to The Revenant the most enjoyable?

The humor, the narrator

What other book might you compare The Revenant to, and why?

The film did this book a disservice, it is not a cold revenge story, if you liked Dances With Wolves or Castaway or even The Martian then you will enjoy this story. This book is about survival and adventure not revenge.

What does Jeff Harding bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

he portrays the different accents and characters really well

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Impossible to do, as it is very long, but we easily listen in 2 hour chunks on car journeys

So much better than the movie

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