Audiobooks: January 2024
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smallhobbitThis is just a short review, as I have now finished all the audiobooks I had on my TBL at the beginning of March 2023, and am therefore starting the next pile of 22, with the intention of having listened to them all by the end of next January.
The Captain and the Enemy by Graham Greene, read by Kenneth Branagh
This is the last novel which Greene wrote and is shorter than many I've listened to. It remained entertaining and Branagh is a good narrator, but I wouldn't class it with the best of his novels.
The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon, read by Gareth Armstrong
The third Maigret novel, written in 1931, is a rather strange tale, but nonetheless interesting and again Simenon really shows the inter-war period in France and the lives of those in the middle classes. Happily I have four more to listen to.
Uncle Fred in Springtime by P G Wodehouse, read by Stephen Fry
The last in the Blandings Collection and much preferable to the two short story books I heard previously. This has far more likeable characters. Uncle Fred is clearly a rogue, but he knows what he's doing and aims to do his best for everyone, including himself. Lord Emsworth and the Empress of Blandings both feature, which has to be a plus.
The Captain and the Enemy by Graham Greene, read by Kenneth Branagh
This is the last novel which Greene wrote and is shorter than many I've listened to. It remained entertaining and Branagh is a good narrator, but I wouldn't class it with the best of his novels.
The Late Monsieur Gallet by Georges Simenon, read by Gareth Armstrong
The third Maigret novel, written in 1931, is a rather strange tale, but nonetheless interesting and again Simenon really shows the inter-war period in France and the lives of those in the middle classes. Happily I have four more to listen to.
Uncle Fred in Springtime by P G Wodehouse, read by Stephen Fry
The last in the Blandings Collection and much preferable to the two short story books I heard previously. This has far more likeable characters. Uncle Fred is clearly a rogue, but he knows what he's doing and aims to do his best for everyone, including himself. Lord Emsworth and the Empress of Blandings both feature, which has to be a plus.
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