Listen free for 30 days

Listen with offer

Sample

  • The Serpent Papers

  • By: Jeff Schnader
  • Narrated by: Traber Burns
  • Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
  • 5.0 out of 5 stars (1 rating)

£0.00 for first 30 days

Try for £0.00
Pick 1 audiobook a month from our unmatched collection - including bestsellers and new releases.
Listen all you want to thousands of included audiobooks, Originals, celeb exclusives, and podcasts.
Access exclusive sales and deals.
£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

The Serpent Papers

By: Jeff Schnader
Narrated by: Traber Burns
Try for £0.00

£7.99/month after 30 days. Renews automatically. See here for eligibility.

Buy Now for £21.99

Buy Now for £21.99

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
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.
activate_samplebutton_t1

Listeners also enjoyed...

 Boys, Beasts & Men cover art
The Horror Collection: Gold Edition cover art
Deep cover art
The Golem of Brooklyn cover art
Sages of the Underpass cover art
Blood, Kin, and Curses cover art
Son of Sin cover art
A Few Good Men cover art
With a Voice that Is Often Still Confused but Is Becoming Ever Louder and Clearer cover art
The Hunt Begins cover art
Until We Are Lost cover art
Tru Lockhart cover art
Saving Ruby King cover art
The Promise Boxset cover art
In Darkness Visible cover art
Winders cover art

Summary

J-Bee, son of a military officer, is raised in a violent milieu during the 1960s. After his little brother is persecuted by bullies, J-Bee commits a retaliatory act of brutality, the nature of which scars him. When his best friend, Gilly, volunteers to fight in Vietnam, J-Bee - repulsed by his own violence - refuses to follow either his father or Gilly into the military. Instead, he matriculates at Columbia in 1971, an era of counterculture, drugs, sex, and rock ’n roll, in order to seek his redemption. While there, he is introduced to the mysterious Serpent who recites in the campus café, and to the politically active Margo who schools him in anti-war politics and the virtues of peace. Although he feels loyalty to his best friend fighting overseas, J-Bee increasingly sympathizes with Margo’s rationale against the war.

Torn between supporting the war or protesting against it, J-Bee’s paradoxical feelings are ignited when his friend Gilly, on furlough from Vietnam, visits him at Columbia. With ratcheting tensions and bullhorns leading students in protest, pro-war and anti-war factions collide in campus riots, and J-Bee makes the choice that defines his life.
©2022 Jeff Schnader (P)2022 Blackstone Publishing
Coming of Age Historical Fiction
Show More Show Less

What listeners say about The Serpent Papers

Average customer ratings
Overall
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Performance
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0
Story
  • 5 out of 5 stars
  • 5 Stars
    1
  • 4 Stars
    0
  • 3 Stars
    0
  • 2 Stars
    0
  • 1 Stars
    0

Reviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.

Audible.co.uk reviews

Amazon reviews
Sort by:
Filter by:
  • Overall
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Performance
    5 out of 5 stars
  • Story
    5 out of 5 stars
Profile Image for PB

A gripping human story of our inner and outer conflicts

I found the book deeply descriptive and moving at times. Although set in the polarising era of the Vietnam War I thought it speaks to the conversations or lack of meaningful conversation reflecting true of today, and yonder no doubt!

Well worth a listen

Report this

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

You voted on this review!

You reported this review!