Seth Numrich’s narration of this latest Stephen King novel is moving and frightening in equal measure. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Michele Cobb discuss this fantasy novel involving a portal to a dying world and a mission to save it. Seventeen-year-old Charlie Reade befriends a reclusive curmudgeon, Howard Bowdich, walking his dog and being a good neighbor. When Bowdich dies, Charlie inherits his house and dog—and a cassette tape voiced by King with surprising information for Charlie. Listeners will be drawn into this audiobook by Numrich’s intimate narration, which is like hearing Charlie himself.
Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Simon & Schuster Audio.
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Support for AudioFile’s Behind the Mic comes from Naxos AudioBooks. Nicholas Boulton brings us The White Guard by Mikhail Bulgakov. In the Ukrainian capital Kiev, during the harsh and chaotic winter of 1918–19, life has become frightening and fragile. But the bleakness is offset by the resilience of the human spirit, and of the qualities of loyalty and principle – all embodied by the Turbin family.
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