Narrator Dion Graham joins AudioFile’s Michele Cobb to talk about HARLEM SHUFFLE, Colson Whitehead’s historical heist novel and one of AudioFile’s picks for the best in this year’s fiction audiobooks. Graham tells how his own knowledge of the neighborhoods and locations in New York City informed his performance, and how he got the 1960s speech patterns down to make the story come to life for listeners. Graham embodies the audiobook’s many characters vividly, hitting all the rhythms and nuances of Whitehead’s outstanding period novel. Read the full review of HARLEM SHUFFLE on AudioFile’s website. Published by Random House Audio.

AudioFile’s 2021 Best Fiction Audiobooks:
THE ALEXANDRIA QUARTET by Lawrence Durrell, read by Nicholas Boulton
APPLES NEVER FALL by Liane Moriarty, read by Caroline Lee
CLOUD CUCKOO LAND by Anthony Doerr, read by Marin Ireland, Simon Jones
HARLEM SHUFFLE by Colson Whitehead, read by Dion Graham
THE LOVE SONGS OF W.E.B. DU BOIS by Honorée Fanonne Jeffers, read by Adenrele Ojo, Karen Chilton, Prentice Onayemi
MATRIX by Lauren Groff, read by Adjoa Andoh

For the full list of 2021 Best Audiobooks and sound clips from each title, visit: audiofilemagazine.com
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Dion Graham photo by Max Flatow.
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