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Body and Soul by J.P. Smith
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Body and Soul

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Narrator Nick Tecosky

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Length 6 hours 50 minutes
Language English
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After fleeing to Paris to escape communist rule, Polish émigré and piano player Jerzy Wozzeck finds it nearly impossible to support his family on his low-paying bistro gigs. So when a friend offers a fat payoff for handling a string of deliveries, Jerzy quickly finds himself in the uneasy employ of an anonymous suit and his sensual assistant. With a couple of flawless jobs under his belt, Jerzy starts living the good life—until, on one such run, he stumbles across a corpse and realizes his benefactors will go to any lengths to protect their operations.

To ensure his loyalty, Jerzy’s patrons ply him with every possible temptation, from the purest drugs to the most willing women—and he begins selling his soul piece by piece to maintain his illusion of prosperity. But when rival crime lords and hit men enter the fray, Jerzy plots to escape his boss’s dirty dealings—only to discover he’s in too deep to get out alive.

When a one-year trip to London turned to five, it became the catalyst for J.P. Smith’s debut novel, The Man from Marseille, and launched a writing career that has spanned decades and genres. Since then, he’s written such notable thrillers and mysteries as The Blue Hour, The Discovery of Light, and Breathless.

Alongside his novels, he’s also written scripts for television, theater, and film, with one such screenplay placing in the international Nicholls Fellowship screenwriting competition. His latest work, The Memory Thief, is currently under review by producers. Smith is a regular writer for The Nervous Breakdown and lives with his wife in Beverly Cove, Massachusetts.

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Reviews

“Smith creates a clever suspense yarn with a comic edge. But the fun is spread thin enough to see clearly what lies beneath: the bitter reckonings and hard realities of an émigré’s struggle to succeed.” San Francisco Chronicle

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