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HUMOR,
In God We Trust, All Others Pay Cash, by Jean Shepherd |
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NON-FICTION,
The Fabulous Showman, by Irving Wallace |
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SCIENCE
FICTION, The Woman on the Lawn, by Ray Bradbury |
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CLASSIC
FICTION, A Tale of Two Cities, by Charles Dickens |
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MYSTERY,
Point of Origin, by Patricia Cornwell |
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SELF-HELP,
The Art of the Fresh Start, by Glenna Salsbury |
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CHILDREN'S, Where the Sun Sets, by John Welsh |
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ROMANCE, The Villa, by Nora Roberts |
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POETRY, Oysters, by Seamus Heanley |
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Reviews |
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LIARS
AND THIEVES AudioFile
When you first listen to Guerin Barry's announcer-like voice,
you expect a solid, no-frills performance. Listen a while
longer, and you get much more. Barry is adept at accents
and offbeat characters, and the story gives him a lot to
work with. Tommy Carmellini, the burglar turned CIA operative
introduced by Coonts in LIBERTY, finds deception and murder
at every turn as he searches for a defecting KGB archivist.
He's joined by another favorite character, Jake Grafton,
now a retired admiral. Most of the time Barry moves his
characters with the deliberateness of a docudrama. But when
he depicts the Russian, you can almost see a potbellied
gentleman in a heavy overcoat and fur hat.
A.L.H. © AudioFile 2004, Portland, Maine |
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PRINCE
OF BEVERLY HILLS AudioFile
This fast-paced period mystery concerns a Beverly Hills
cop, one Rick Barron, who, through some quick thinking at
a tragic accident, is hired to be head of security for an
up-and-coming studio in 1939. Assigned to keep British actor
Clete Barrow on the wagon, Rick rubs elbows with Samuel
Goldwyn, Clark Gable, and Greta Garbo, and has a run-in
with one of "Bugsy" Siegal's thugs. This last drama makes
for most of the action, but there's plenty of romance, as
well as WWII, to make this a first-rate story. Guerin Barry's
steady, confident voice gives individual voices to all characters,
male and female, British and American. His lively presentation
makes this story a fine listening experience.
M.T.F. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine |
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