Listen free for 30 days
Listen with offer
-
Polly!
- Narrated by: Joe Hempel
- Length: 3 hrs and 46 mins
Failed to add items
Add to basket failed.
Add to wishlist failed.
Remove from wishlist failed.
Adding to library failed
Follow podcast failed
Unfollow podcast failed
£0.00 for first 30 days
Polly!
Buy Now for £11.99
No valid payment method on file.
We are sorry. We are not allowed to sell this product with the selected payment method
Summary
"Blasphemous...highly offensive"...and very funny!
Herodotus Shapiro has had an unbelievably bad week. His wife left him. The IRS is after him for thousands of dollars. His home/bookstore burned down. On his way to take refuge at his brother's place, he got a speeding ticket. And now his car has broken down in the middle of the desert in front of a large mansion. What more can go wrong?
But now his world takes a turn for the weird. The mansion has a snowman on the front lawn - in the desert, in July. The house, which is bigger on the inside than on the outside, is owned by Polly, the most preternaturally beautiful young woman he's ever met. Polly is an acrobat, a gourmet chef, a psychologist, an international financial consultant, a physicist, and a woman of who-knows how many other incredible talents. She has an unbelievable library, an art collection of all the world's great masterpieces, and a print of a previously unknown Marx Brothers film. Her toilet paper is actually silk. And she seems to have some mysterious plans for him....
Listeners also enjoyed...
What listeners say about Polly!
Average customer ratingsReviews - Please select the tabs below to change the source of reviews.
-
Overall4 out of 5 stars
-
Performance4 out of 5 stars
-
Story4 out of 5 stars
- Mark
- 24-12-19
Lovable and a little crazy!
Polly is lovable, a little crazy and grounded… and a bit of a loose cannon, but with reason. If it's starting to sound a little crazy already, you're probably right.
I needed a book to listen to while in hospital waiting tests and results to come back.
It didn't disappoint. This is a humorous take on the lesson of life, and what you take from it.
Polly! is listed under fictional humour on audible, so I thought it'd be a laugh given the situation I was in. It wasn't laugh out loud, or even giggle worthy, but it did have its moments.
Not knowing what the book was about before listening, I did get the unsettling feeling that I was about to be hit with a load of religious stuff about an hour into the book, and although it does eventually turn to speaking about Gods and the universe, but it didn't really feel religious or pushy at all.
The book does contain sexualised parts, not overly graphic, and generally add to the story as a whole. The story itself leads you on a path of discovery about Polly and you'd be forgiven for relating to some of Herodotus' frustration with the time spent with Polly. Everything eventually falls into place though.
If you have strong religious views you might not get on with the book as it does talk about multiple Gods, and there is sex with Gods etc.
It's not going to be a life changing book if you listen to it, and you probably wont miss much if you don't. If you have time spare and you want a bit of a warm fussy feeling though, it's a nice story to relax with.
Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
You voted on this review!
You reported this review!