Behind the Mic with AudioFile Magazine

TABLE FOR TWO by Amor Towles, read by Edoardo Ballerini, J. Smith-Cameron


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Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Alan Minskoff discuss Edoardo Ballerini’s narration of Amor Towles’s newest short story collection. By turns nuanced and dramatic, Golden Voice Ballerini uses his full range of techniques always in service of the author’s fine prose. His smart pace and rich tone work particularly well for the noir novella set in late 1930s Hollywood. Ballerini shines in the opening work, “New York: The Line,” about an average Russian, named Pushkin, who has a gift for helping others with Russia’s long food lines. These stories have Towles’s touch: finely detailed characters, distinct settings, and deserved comeuppances.

Read the full review of the audiobook on AudioFile’s website. Published by Penguin Audio.

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