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Title: A Singular Man

Author: J. P. Donleavy

Narrator: Robert G Slade

Format: Unabridged

Length: 13 hrs and 4 mins

Language: English

Release date: 10-31-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Mysteriously rich and desperately lonely, George Smith appears to be under attack from all quarters. His former wife and four horrible children are suing to get his money, and someone is sending him threatening letters. Despite some very elaborate precautions, he remains worried. So he builds a mausoleum in which to live.

Members Reviews:

unique & talented & ribald with a touch of genius

never quite sure what's real what's imagined what's exaggerated and it matters not a bit, just enjoy it.

while the first 1/2 - 2/3 had gut bustingly funny moments and the second 1/2 not so much, it may also be that i wasn't quite in tune with 2nd half and so some slipped by me, however, what i found myself latching onto more in second half is the beauty of the writing.

he has a unique style.( after looking at others of his it appears this is his style) a bit stage direction-ish : "A black car coming down the street. Paper blowing in the wind." statements of fact at times a bit fragmentary sounding, but once you get in the with it it works.

i think everything in the novel is filtered through george smith's point of view. (all of it perhaps totally unreliable like Humbert)

sometimes he thinks about himself in the third person (fitting in a way because he is a little detached from others and himself at times) and describes what george smith is doing etc.

at times we slip into his stream of consciousness and so we pick up less exposition to ground us in the details of a situation. fragmentary sentences and images and also poetic descriptions.

and at other times we get only straight dialogue between him and others with no indication at all of what they are doing while they're talking, not simply tone of voice nor facial expressions etc., but sometimes you realize they might be having sex that takes a bit to reveal itself through their dialogue. and then at times he seems to fall into euphoric dream states or fugue states while they're having sex.

the style really makes your mind work overtime visualizing and figuring out "plot" (such as it is, and i'm still not sure of everything that's happening, and ultimately the "plot" may be totally irrelevant) but I have really been drawn in by the poetic passages, sometimes in sexcapades, sometimes in his stream of C musings, sometimes just in his descriptive passages. i think it's a beautiful if bawdy and zany novel and the style works wonderfully.

and ultimately it is a great love story.

i want to "study" him more now that i have a handle on how to get into the style, but i don't want to burn out on someone so interesting. maybe i'll wait a bit and come back to the other one, hoping meanwhile that they do a third one or more. Hoping for his classic Ginger Man.

so i guess i'm recommending you try it and see if you like it. it will take some focus to get immersed in the world but i hope you'll at least appreciate the style if not the novel.

not what I expected

you'll probably see an overwhelming reference to Hunter T. and they are mostly all right. This book a refreshing change, and you'll likely feel cultured, smarter or go back to your medication. Either way you'll be changed at the conclusion.

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Title: The Affairs of Others

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Amy Grace Loyd

Narrator: Kathe Mazur

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 26 mins

Language: English

Release date: 09-17-13

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 37 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A mesmerizing debut novel about a young woman, haunted by loss, who rediscovers passion and possibility when she's drawn into the tangled lives of her neighbors.

Years after her young husband's death, Celia Cassill has moved from one Brooklyn neighborhood to another, but she has not moved on. The owner of a small apartment building, she has chosen her tenants for their ability to respect one another's privacy. Celia believes in boundaries, solitude, that she has a right to her ghosts. She is determined to live a life at a remove from the chaos and competition of modern life. Everything changes with the arrival of a new tenant, Hope, a dazzling woman of a certain age on the run from her husband's recent betrayal.

When Hope begins a torrid and noisy affair, and another tenant mysteriously disappears, the carefully constructed walls of Celia's world are tested and the sanctity of her building is shattered - through violence and sex, in turns tender and dark. Ultimately, Celia and her tenants are forced to abandon their separate spaces for a far more intimate one, leading to a surprising conclusion and the promise of genuine joy.

Amy Grace Loyd investigates interior spaces of the body and the New York warrens in which her characters live, offering a startling emotional honesty about the traffic between men and women. The Affairs of Others is a story about the irrepressibility of life and desire, no matter the sorrows or obstacles.

Members Reviews:

Evocatively written study of city lives shared

I don't read a lot of literary fiction. I prefer films, particularly those in the Hitchcock tradition of suspenseful and atmospheric studies of well-crafted characters. But I'd heard about The Affairs of Others from a friend in Brooklyn, where I've lived, as an imaginative work set in the borough and about the often intense interactions that occur between urban-dwelling neighbors. The book was a revelation. Yes, it features Brooklyn (specifically, Brooklyn Heights) as a vital, almost living and breathing character. And yes, there is suspense, both about a missing ferry captain and, more profoundly, about how the novel's protagonist, Celia, will emerge from a series of unexpected and extraordinary events involving tenants in her building. In fact, there's a powerful 'Rear Window'-quality to the book that extends the Hitchcockian insight about voyeurism in the close quarters of cities beyond the sights of others to their sounds, smells and palpable feelings.

That's quite an achievement in itself. Yet it also makes Loyd's book sound too much like a clinical authorial exercise. What was ultimately most remarkable for me about the novel is its frequently lush and always evocative writing. I was surprised at my pausing over and re-reading certain passages, even lines or turns of phrase, that not only resonated perfectly in their situational context in the story but conveyed a wider truth. That pausing, moreover, made me realize how much I was enjoying the pacing of the book: it slowed me down, allowed me to linger over a scene or some dialogue in ways I don't usually, either in reading or moviegoing. To me, that enabling of fresh ways of experiencing a character, a place or even time is a gift (unfortunately, too rarely given) that outstanding fiction offers to patient reading.

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Title: One Sweet Quarrel

Author: Deirdre McNamer

Narrator: Joyce Bean, Nancy Pearl

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 38 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-13

Publisher: Brilliance Audio

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Brother and sister Jerry and Daisy Lou Malone leave behind their provincial Midwestern upbringing to test their mettle in the big, beckoning world of 1920s America. For Jerry, the future lies west, with like-minded pioneer souls keen to play the land game as homesteaders on the Great Plains. Daisy, in turn, heads for the lights and luxe life of New York City, hoping to sing her way to stardom.

But fate and failing fortunes reunite them in tiny Shelby, Montana - and draw them into the 1923 Dempsey-Gibbons World Heavyweight Championship, the faltering towns grand scheme to save itself from economic ruin. And for a moment as fleeting and spectacular as Halleys Comet, these American dreamers will savor the sweet taste of an extraordinary life.

Members Reviews:

lovely descriptions

This author writes beautiful descriptions -- over and over. There are many and while each one is fine, they just go on and on. So much that I found the plot, the drama, the tension weakened. Finally, there is no real conclusion to my way of reading. It is much like a long, very long, "slice of life" novel. "This is the way it was" is the theme. I grew tired of plowing ahead, was glad to be finished, but disappointed in the resolutions of the conflicts, such as they were. But if you like wonderful use of words, you will enjoy every page!

Boring

Rambly, no plot and very disappointing overall. If I had wanted a family history to read then this book would have fitted well.

Wonderful Rediscovery

The consistently rich characterizations and intriguing time-shifting plot of this novel is underlain by an excellence of expression that makes it one of the most literate and entertaining stories I've read in quite a while.

Tediousness of story could not overcome the beautiful writing

No doubt, it is beautifully wtitten. However I am sorry to say I got 'lost' several times and at times had a difficutly stying focused on the story.

One Sweet Quarrel

Oddly hypnotic with some nice turns of phrase. These dwindle as the book nears closing. There is an incompleteness concerning major character's outcome but I learned things about early settlers.

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Title: A Marker to Measure Drift

Author: Alexander Maksik

Narrator: Angelle Haney Gullett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 5 mins

Language: English

Release date: 07-30-13

Publisher: Random House Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 28 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A hypnotic, spellbinding novel set in Greece and Africa, where a young Liberian woman reckons with a haunted past.

On a remote island in the Aegean, Jacqueline is living alone in a cave accessible only at low tide. With nothing to protect her from the elements, and with the fabric between herself and the world around her increasingly frayed, she is permeated by sensory experiences of remarkable intensity: the need for shade in the relentless heat of the sun-baked island; hunger and the occasional bliss of release from it; the exquisite pleasure of diving into the sea. The pressing physical realities of the moment provide a deeper relief: the euphoric obliteration of memory and, with it, the unspeakable violence she has seen and from which she has miraculously escaped.

Slowly, irrepressibly, images from a life before this violence begin to resurface: the view across lush gardens to a different sea; a gold Rolex glinting on her father's wrist; a glass of gin in her mother's best crystal; an adoring younger sister; a family, in the moment before their fortunes were irrevocably changed. Jacqueline must find the strength to contend with what she has survived or tip forward into full-blown madness.

Visceral and gripping, extraordinary in its depiction of physical and spiritual hungers, Alexander Maksik's A Marker to Measure Drift is a novel about ruin and faith, barbarism and love, and the devastating memories that contain the power both to destroy us and to redeem us.

Critic Reviews:

"Gorgeously written, tightly wound, with language as precise as cut glass, Alexander Maksiks A Marker to Measure Drift is a tour de force. Maksik renders the soul of his heroine, a Liberian refugee, with stark honesty so that we understand both the brutality of what she has run from and the terror she experiences as she tries to build her life back. I was undone by this novel. I challenge anyone to read it and not come away profoundly changed." (Marisa Silver, author of Mary Coin and The God of War)

"This novel is spellbinding. In its tenderness, grandeur and austerity, it reminds us that there is no country on Earth as foreign, as unreachable, as the frantic soul of another human being." (Susanna Sonnenberg)

"A Marker to Measure Drift is a haunting, haunted novel. Things get stripped down to essentials - food, water, where to sleep for the night, a state of solitary desperation brought on by the most profound kind of loss. Every line of this excellent novel rings true as Maksik leads us toward the catastrophe at the storys core. This is one of those books that leaves you staring into space when you finish, dazed from the sheer power of whats been said." (Ben Fountain)

Members Reviews:

Amazing! Should have gotten much more press than it did!

Let me start by saying that I think this is one of the best books I have read this year and I am surprised that it did not win more awards although it did make it to the NY Times Notable Books of 2013 list. This was truly an amazing book and although it is hard to read and oftentimes cringe-worthy, it is definitely worth the effort and you will be pleased you took the time in the end.

The author tells the story of a young woman named Jacqueline who is 24 years old and has come to a beach in Greece after fleeing her home in Liberia.

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Title: Hello America

Author: J. G. Ballard

Narrator: David Ledoux

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 37 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-25-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 2 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Following the energy crisis of the late 20th century, America has been abandoned. Now, a century later, a small group of European explorers returns to the now climatically mutated continent. But America is unrecognizable - the Bering Strait has been dammed and much of the country has become a desert, populated by isolated natives and the bizarre remnants of a disintegrated culture. The expedition sets off from Manhattan on a cross-country journey, through Holiday Inns and abandoned theme parks, to uncover a shocking new power in the heart of Las Vegas.

Critic Reviews:

"This fable lifts a great freight of ideas effortlessly.... The story of an expedition driven on by wishes of possession and power but guided internally by myths of America whose sources lie in the late 20th century." (Guardian)

Members Reviews:

If you like Ballard, don't buy this audibook!

What disappointed you about Hello America?

I haven't written a review this critical ever. If I don't like it, I usually skip it. However, I am a huge Ballard fan, and I am truly appalled at the shoddy quality of the narration. David Ledoux might have been poorly directed in the studio, but whatever the case may be, it almost seemed like he was trying to sabotage the book.

How could the performance have been better?

His voice modulation bordered on hysterically bad. I laughed out loud a few times, shook my head in disbelief, but marched on because, as I said, I love Ballard and I wanted to listen to this book. Imagine the cheesy voice over guy from early to mid 2000s movies, with all that forced gravitas and urgency apropos of nothing. Now imagine that applied to Every. Single. Sentence.

Any additional comments?

This guy doesn't get Ballard and doesn't get the book. A complete joke of a narration. Don't buy this garbage.

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Title: Elegies for the Brokenhearted

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Christie Hodgen

Narrator: Holly Fielding

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-18-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 3.5 of 5 out of 9 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Who are the people youll never forget? For Mary Murphy, there are five, eulogized here in an utterly unforgettable voice. Mary tells the story of her own life - her childhood spent trading one home and father figure for another, her efforts to track down her rebellious sister, and her winding search for purpose - through her experiences and encounters with the people who shaped her path. The result is an unconventional and moving story about identity, family, and belonging.

Members Reviews:

foul language detracted from the story

This book wasnt for you, but who do you think might enjoy it more?

If lots of cuss words don't bother you (and for many it is not an issue, I know) then you might really enjoy this book. I find a well written story stays with me long after it is done. All the more so when listening to it. That's why I stopped trying less than an hour into it. Occasional swearing is not a big deal, but just about every other sentence had a swear word-not necessary in a great story!

What could Christie Hodgen have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

Far fewer swear words

What three words best describe Holly Fieldings performance?

Good, I just found the frequent use of foul language distracting.

You didnt love this book... but did it have any redeeming qualities?

Didn't stick with it lo ng enough. Story seemed interesting.

Stunning and unexpected novel.

If you could sum up Elegies for the Brokenhearted in three words, what would they be?

What a wonderful and beautifully narrated experience this was for me. The story completely engrossing, the characters vivid and unforgettable and the narration was superb! Do not let this one get away, worth every penny, an exceptional experience. I had the opportunity to hear this author read her work on NPR and was concerned that the narrator would be unable to do the book and author justice, but I was blown away! Amazing literary fiction!

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Title: Flat Water Tuesday

Subtitle: A Novel

Author: Ron Irwin

Narrator: Holter Graham

Format: Unabridged

Length: 10 hrs and 53 mins

Language: English

Release date: 06-04-13

Publisher: Macmillan Audio

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 25 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Rob Carrey, the son of a working-class cabinet maker, arrives at the Fenton School with a scholarship to row and a chip on his shoulder. Generations of austere Fenton men have led the rowing team, known as the God Four, to countless victories - but none are as important or renowned as the annual Tuesday-afternoon race against their rival, Warwick. But first Rob must complete months of preparation driven by their captain, Connor Payne's vicious competitive nature. As the race nears, the stakes rise, tempers and lusts are fueled, and no one can prevent the horrible tragedy that befalls one of them.

Fifteen years later, Rob returns home from a film shoot in Africa to end a heartbreaking relationship with his girlfriend, Carolyn. But when a phone call from one of the God Four compels him to attend the reunion at Fenton, no part of Rob's past remains sequestered for long and nothing about his future is certain.

As much about the sport of rowing as it is a novel of finding oneself, not once, but again in mid-life, Ron Irwin's Flat Water Tuesday is a testament to the pride and passion of youth, and an ode to the journey of forgiveness. A stunning novel of boarding school, family secrets, deep and passionate love, and the brutal pain of sports training.

Members Reviews:

Flat Water Tuesday Falls Flat

The only reason I tried this book was on advice of Boston Globe's Alex Beam's beaming suggestion. He liked this book significantly more than Boys In The Boat. WRONG! Boys In The Boat is a rare triumph, Flat Water Tuesday has nothing much really to do with crew. It is a mundane ordinary tale of teen angst set in a rich boy's east coast boarding school with all too frequent trips forward to more adult angst and dysfunction all of which has been done much better in other tomes. It all gave me the ZZZZZZ's whereas Boys In The Boat had me riveted start to finish. Flat's narration was very good however, but could not rescue an otherwise boring effort. Take my advice, ignore Mr. Beam, read Boys In The Boat and wait for the upcoming movie about same. Methinks Mr. Brown's success in getting his book to the big screen made the Globe's reviewer not a little overly envious.

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Title: The Insufferable Gaucho

Author: Roberto Bolano

Narrator: David Crommett

Format: Unabridged

Length: 4 hrs and 18 mins

Language: English

Release date: 05-13-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

A trove of strange, arresting, short masterworks - five stories and two essays - by Roberto Bolano, a writer who pulls bloodthirsty rabbits out of his hat.

As Pankaj Mishra remarked in The Nation, one of the remarkable qualities of Bolanos short stories is that they can do the "work of a novel." The Insufferable Gaucho contains tales bent on returning to haunt you. Unpredictable and daring, highly controlled yet somehow haywire, a Bolano story might concern an elusive plagiarist or an elderly lawyer giving up city life for an improbable return to the family estate, now gone to wrack and ruin. Bolanos stories have been applauded as "bleakly luminous and perfectly calibrated, (Publishers Weekly) and "complex and provocative" (International Herald Tribune), and as Francine Prose said in The New York Times Book Review, "something extraordinarily beautiful and (at least to me) entirely new." Two fascinating essays are also included.

Members Reviews:

That good.

Didn't think it was. That good.

Harry

great value for price

A perfect first edition, arriving quickly. This is one of his best, of the group published posthumously and considered unfinished by him.

The rat story is really good

This is probably worth purchasing if only for the white mouse scene in the rat noir story, but the other ones are OK too.

More gems from Bolaño

Another beautiful collection by Bolaño, this one including two essays, one, dedicated to his hepatologist, on (terminal) illness, the other on Spanish literature. The title story is an allegory about Argentinean politics, and the book as a whole--typical for Bolaño--are studies, meditations, and anecdotes on sex, death, politics, violence, terror, and joy. Told with Bolaño's floating style that seems simultaneously to be about everything and nothing. Chris Andrews's translation is impeccable, as it is with Bolaño's other novels translated for New Directions.

Five-Star Review

This was a brand-new copy of The Insufferable Gaucho. It was delivered very quickly.

I am very happy and would order again from this seller . . . I also highly recommend

Roberto Bolano's writing in general and this title specifically.

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Title: Granta 123

Subtitle: Best of Young British Novelists 4

Author: Granta Magazine

Narrator: John Freeman

Format: Unabridged

Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-16-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4 of 5 out of 5 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Every 10 years, Granta Magazine dedicates a special issue celebrating the 20 best British novelists under the age of 40. Historically, the judges have chosen with remarkable prescience, accurately predicting the authors who will craft the future of British fiction. Barker, Barnes, Hollinghurst, Ishiguro, Mitchell, Rushdie, Smith, Tremain, Winterson - long before they were household names they were Granta Best of Young British Novelists. To borrow from The Observer, this is "a list that sets the literary agenda for a generation".

Audible invited all these young novelists to read their work - some of them did, and some of them chose to have their stories professionally narrated - and the result is an exciting blend of literary talent and spoken-word: These distinctive voices and the sense of place that permeate every story create a listening experience you will not soon forget.

Now in audio for the first time, we present the voices of the next generation.

Editor:

John Freeman's criticism has appeared in more than 200 newspapers around the world, including The Guardian, The Independent, The Times and The Wall Street Journal. Between 2006 and 2008, he served as president of the National Book Critics Circle. His first book, The Tyranny of Email, was published in 2009. How to Read a Novelist will be published in 2013. His poems have appeared in The New Yorker and Zyzzyva.

Critic Reviews:

"A list that sets the literary agenda for a generation." (The Observer)

Members Reviews:

Excellent

Original, surprising and eclectic stories and excerpts. It is interesting to hear the authors (mostly) reading their own works! Highly recommended.

Great introduction to many great writers

Fantastic and varied writing in this collection. I had a hard time pacing myself so that I could fully enjoy each author. Overall, a wonderful sample of these authors works and I look forward to getting my hands on their next novels. A common theme seemed to be the experience of immigrants in Britain or elsewhere (Indians in Dubai). We reap the rewards of such a multi-cultural society with the variety of stories produced from the immigrant experience.

Most memorable stories:

Tahmina Anam: Anwar gets everything

The story of Indians brought to work on building sites in Dubai. We get a glimpse into their living conditions, the demands to send money home, their difficult working life. One of the workmen thinks he is entitled to more--a girlfriend, air-conditioning, trips to the cinema--but ends up washing windows on a swaying platform on one of the highest buildings in the middle of a sandstorm. Anwar advises him not to look down.

Naomi Alderman: Soon and in our days

I loved this tongue-in-cheek tale, a humorous piece about Judaism in Britain, which makes us think about religion in society. Praying to the Prophet Elijah, we have a sneak preview of what would happen if he did come down on Earth. Its not often that I actually LOL when reading, but I did here. A memorable line about Greta, who didnt like goat's cheese. I need to read more from this author. Listening to her podcast on the Granta website, I believe she is now mentored by Margaret Atwood. Looking forward to reading more.

David Szalay: Europa

Told through the eyes of a Hungarian immigrant as he accepts a job as minder for Emma, this is a fascinating insight into his world. Emma is brought to a hotel for her first job as a prostitute.

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Title: Huntingtower

Author: John Buchan

Narrator: Steven Cree

Format: Unabridged

Length: 8 hrs and 56 mins

Language: English

Release date: 04-08-13

Publisher: Audible Studios

Ratings: 4.5 of 5 out of 6 votes

Genres: Fiction, Literary

Publisher's Summary:

Dickson McCunn, a respectable, newly retired grocer of romantic heart, plans a modest walking holiday in the hills of south-west Scotland. He meets a young English poet and, contrary to his better sense, finds himself in the thick of a plot involving the kidnapping of a Russian princess, who is held prisoner in the rambling mansion, Huntingtower.

This modern fairy-tale is also a gripping adventure story, and in it Buchan introduces some of his best-loved characters, including the Gorbals Die-Hards, who reappear in later novels. He also paints a remarkable picture of a man rejuvenated by joining much younger comrades in a challenging and often dangerous fight against tyranny and fear.

About the series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the widest range of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, helpful notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more.

About the Author: John Buchan, Baron Tweedsmuir, was a Scottish diplomat, barrister, journalist, historian, poet and novelist. He wrote adventure novels, short-story collections and biographies. His passion for the Scottish countryside is reflected in much of his writing. Buchan's adventure stories are high in romance and are peopled by a large cast of characters. 'Richard Hannay', 'Dickson McCunn' and 'Sir Edward Leithen' are three that reappear several times. Alfred Hitchcock adapted his most famous book The Thirty-Nine Steps, featuring Hannay, for the big screen.

Born in 1875 in Perth, Buchan was the son of a minister. Childhood holidays were spent in the Borders, for which he had a great love. He was educated at Glasgow University and Brasenose College, Oxford, where he was President of the Union. Called to the Bar in 1901, he became Lord Milner's assistant private secretary in South Africa. By 1907, however, he was working as a publisher with Nelson's. During the First World War Buchan was a correspondent at the Front for The Times, as well as being an officer in the Intelligence Corps and advisor to the War Cabinet. Elected as a Conservative Member of Parliament for one of the Scottish Universities' seats in 1927, he was created Baron Tweedsmuir in 1935. From then until his death in 1940 he served as Governor General of Canada, during which time he neverthelss managed to continue writing.

Editorial Reviews:

Newly-retired grocer Dickson McCunn ventures out to explore the hills of southwest Scotland only to be swept into bizarre and unexpected adventures. Contrary to his better sense, Dickson becomes tangled in a plot involving a kidnapped Russian princess and a revolutionary struggle. Narrator Steven Cree's light Scottish accent adds brightness to the first in a trilogy of stories about reluctant hero Dickson. In addition to his good sense of the story's quick pace, Cree has an exceptional feel for the characters, tweaking his accent and pitch to show differences in status and origin.

Members Reviews:

John Buchan's most human hero

What made the experience of listening to Huntingtower the most enjoyable?

The characters were unexceptional average guys caught in a moment that required greatness and they delivered.