My latest listen was the abridged version of "The Charm School" by Nelson Demille, read by Jim Naughton.
Overall, I enjoyed the book. Naughton's performance was very good. He has a deep resonant voice which is pleasant to listen to, and he is another reader who provides the right balance of voice/accent/performance.
The premise of the book was believable, and it was nice to listen to a book that wasn't as gory (for the most part) as some of the murder mysteries have been of late. I hadn't listened to a spy novel for a while, so that was a nice change of pace. The setting of cold war Russia was interesting, but did feel a bit dated.
The only thing I didn't like was that the book was abridged. In general, I don't really like abridgements, and this one felt even choppier than usual.
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Posted by David at May 12, 2007 09:48 AM