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Title: Carlos the Impossible
Author: J.T.K. Belle
Narrator: Matt Josdal
Format: Unabridged
Length: 1 hr and 2 mins
Language: English
Release date: 06-07-17
Publisher: McSweeney's
Ratings: 5 of 5 out of 2 votes
Genres: Fiction, Contemporary

Publisher's Summary:
The story of a bullfighter and his seemingly unbeatable nemesis. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.
©2011 J.T.K. Belle (P)2017 Audible, Inc.

Members Reviews:
The Illusion of a Corner in the Roundness of the Ring
A friend recommended that I read this wonderful short piece and I'm glad I followed up -- it's an eccentric, lovely, and totally unexpected story of pride, obsession, and... love? Alternately funny and sad, it's stayed with me in the oddest way since I finished reading it.
One thing that really impressed me was how confident is Belle's storytelling voice. Author-omnicient can be hard to do well because the author himself or herself is so much present. Mario Puzo pretty much set the standard for that high-wire act in The Godfather, in my opinion, and though this is a quite different story, Belle has an equally assured storytelling command. For example, "Later, as the legend grew, they would say the bull calf was born with six-inch horns to the clanging of the nearby church bells. Or that it emerged smoldering from a ribbon of dry heat lightning. Or even that this was no bull at all, but the offspring of Indian elephant and Jersey dairy cow. These types of apocryphals will attach themselves to budding legends and gather details like a tumbleweed of untruth. But here now are the true and simple facts of this taurine tale."
Give it a try and expect an hour or two of reading enchantment that will linger long after the story is done.

A captivating novella
This is a powerful and exquisite novella.
The author captures a fantastic conflict between Carlos, an incredible bull, and Hernando, an incredible matador. Their fates become intertwined in this fable of obsession and love.
Here we have a great story, two captivating characters, and language that is precise and fresh. The result is a deeply absorbing and satisfying tale.
I want to add a word for wary and skeptical readers who may think that a novella with two main characters, one of whom is a bull, is not what you have been looking for. The first few pages are almost mesmerizing, and you will want to read this in a single sitting.

A Stunning Debut That'll Break Your Heart
There is so much to admire in this tough, beautiful novella that I almost don't know where to start. I can't believe this is a first effort, since the writing has all the control, composure and assurance of somebody who's been publishing for years. The last time a debut novella impressed me this much was Steve Martin's "Shopgirl".
Like all great stories, Carlos The Impossible can be enjoyed on many different levels. It's a rousing, humorous yarn that would do O. Henry proud, a great little cultural history lesson about bullfighting and the culture that surrounds it, and a subtle allegory about obsession and acceptance. There is such authenticity to time and place - and such attention to detail - that even though I've never even been to a bullfight, this just feels exactly right.