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A Spot of Bother by Mark Haddon

By on April 1, 2006 in 2006, My Personal Favorites

From AudioFile Magazine:Be prepared to laugh and groan out loud as you listen to the machinations of retired Englishman George Hall and his family. In his previous novel, THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME, Haddon managed to make autism fascinating, funny, and heartwarming. Now he takes on today’s family and produces a [...]

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Theft by Peter Carey

By on March 1, 2006 in 2006

From AudioFile Magazine: Peter Carey’s characters are always dodgy and unreliable. In Theft, Michael Boone is a once-famous Australian painter now out of fashion and fresh out of prison. He lives in a backwater, taking care of a former collector’s property and his autistic savant brother, Hugh. Beautiful, manipulative Marlene wants to resurrect Michael’s career. [...]

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The Death of Ivan Illych & Master and Man by Leo Tolstoy

By on February 1, 2006 in 2006

From AudioFile Magazine:Some of history’s finest fiction is brought to riveting life by reader Simon Vance. Brilliantly performed, saturated with real emotional depth, this is an unforgettable listen. Tolstoy on death is a vital addition to any audiobook collection, and these classic tales work both as entertainment and inspiration. Only the hardest heart would fail [...]

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The Devil of Nanking by Mo Hayder

By on January 1, 2006 in 2006

Narrated with Josephine BaileyFrom AudioFile Magazine:This novel of wartime atrocities by the Japanese in China benefits from the narration of two accomplished narrators. Josephine Bailey is haunting as Grey, a young English woman who is obsessed with something she read as a young child about the 1937 massacre in Nanking. Grey is determined to track [...]

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