Kangaroo: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

Kangaroo, credited to D. H. Lawrence, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

About the work

The LibriVox catalogue summary, preserved with the recording, reads:

LibriVox recording of Kangaroo by D. H. Lawrence. Read in English by KevinS; acousticwave; Courtney Miller; Murphy8104; William Allan Jones; Brize C; Scarbo "Kangaroo" is the nickname of a character in this novel, Benjamin Cooley, who was a charismatic leader in the fascist movement of ex-soldiers who fought in the Australian army in WWII. The story's main character is an international journalist, Richard Lovat Somers who, with his wife, comes to rent a house next door to Jack Calcott and his wife who are natural-born Australians through-and-through. Jack is in league with Kangaroo and tries to persuade Lovat to join their political movement conflicting with the Socialist political faction in the country. Throughout this book, there is an undercurrent of vaguely defined "Generalized Love" which borders closely on homosexuality between the otherwise testosterone-saturated Australian men. Action-wise: There are riots and gunfights; but there are also moments of great tenderness of the men for their wives. Both Jack and Lovat dearly want to become "leaders of men", but Lovat backs away when he is recruited to join in an espionage campaign against the Socialists. Another undercurrent which muddies the waters for Lovat is that he is a true British citizen and thus resented by the Australians. (Summary by williamjones)

Recording facts

• Recording title: Kangaroo
• Author credits: D. H. Lawrence
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 38
• Listed recording duration: 16:43:27

Catalogue topics

• australia
• espionage
• socialism
• facism
• anti-communism
• aussie mores and morality

Opening tracks: first 24 of 38

1. 01 - 1.1 Torestin — 23:40
2. 02 - 1.2 Torestin — 18:18
3. 03 - 2.1 Neighbours — 29:44
4. 04 - 2.2 Neighbours — 24:36
5. 05 - 3 Larbourd Watch Ahoy — 24:44
6. 06 - 4.1 Jack and Jaz — 18:25
7. 07 - 4.2 Jack and Jaz — 25:31
8. 08 - 4.3 Jack and Jaz — 20:41
9. 09 - 5.1 Coo-Ee — 26:47
10. 10 - 5.2 Coo-Ee — 27:26
11. 11 - 5.3 Coo-Ee — 28:33
12. 12 - 6.1 Kangaroo — 21:29
13. 13 - 6.2 Kangaroo — 23:31
14. 14 - 6.3 Kangaroo — 27:14
15. 15 - 7.1 The Battle Of The Tongues — 38:44
16. 16 - 7.2 The Battle Of The Tongues — 36:50
17. 17 - 8.1 Volcanic Evidence — 34:11
18. 18 - 8.2 Volcanic Evidence — 20:47
19. 19 - 9. Harriet and Lovat At Sea in Marriage — 27:52
20. 20 - 10.1 Diggers — 20:41
21. 21 - 10.2 Diggers — 25:18
22. 22 - 11.1 Willie Struthers and Kangaroo — 31:22
23. 23 - 11.2 Willie Struthers and Kangaroo — 27:10
24. 24 - 12.1 The Nightmare — 29:06

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