
Call for the Dead (Dramatised)
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Narrated by:
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Kenneth Cranham
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Eleanor Bron
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Anna Chancellor
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By:
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John le Carré
This dramatisation, set in London in the late 1950s, finds Smiley engaged in the humdrum job of security vetting. But when a Foreign Office civil servant commits suicide after an apparently unproblematic interview, Smiley is baffled. Refusing to believe that Fennan shot himself soon after making a cup of cocoa and asking the exchange to telephone him in the morning, Smiley decides to investigate - only to uncover a murderous conspiracy with its roots in his own secret wartime past.
Starring the award-winning Simon Russell Beale as Smiley, and with a distinguished cast including Kenneth Cranham, Eleanor Bron, and Anna Chancellor, this tense, thrilling dramatisation perfectly captures the atmosphere of le Carré's masterful début novel.
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But "Call for the Dead" isn't an audiobook, it's what we used to call a radio play. With the variety of voices, this one demands total silence while listening; road noise makes much of it inaudible. Consequently, I have an idea of the plot but only a vague grasp of the details.
I'm going to delete this one from my phone's storage. I have enjoyed John leCarre for decades, and I'm fine with rereading favorite books, but "Call for the Dead" was a waste. If I find an unabridged audiobook of it, I might try it again.
From now on, when reading Audible descriptions, I'll be much more careful to avoid dramatizations, especially if the BBC is involved.
Give me reading, not dramatization.
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It seems that most of LeCarré's audiobooks have been produced both ways -- dramatized and narrated -- although I couldn't find this particular title in a narrated version. I am now reading the e-book and I am much happier. His writing is wonderful! And I will keep watch for a narrated version as well.
Beware: 'Dramatised' *and* Abridged
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All Smiley all the time
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A Glimse of Eternity
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Abridged very heavily
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George Smiley is always a great ride
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Impossible to follow, poorly presented, and a very inferior LeCarre.
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