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Peter Berkrot
There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, Wolfe is inclined to listen.
According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette's gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who's hurled insults and accusations at every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his potential killers down to five people.
When Clay turns up dead, the cops deem it a suicide. The bigwigs at the Gazette don't agree, so they retain Wolfe to figure out which of the suspects had the mettle to pull the trigger.
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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?
No. The narrator had a strange interpretation of the characters. It was extremely difficult to listen to him.Who was your favorite character and why?
Archie - he's always good for laughs and snide commentsDid the narration match the pace of the story?
I couldn't tell - I couldn't get past the narratorWas there a moment in the book that particularly moved you?
No. I couldn't stand to listen to the book any more.SURE DOESN'T SOUND LIKE NERO WOLFE
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Good story, narration...eh.
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Story was standard fare for the series
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Good book, wrong reader
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Takes getting used to
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But there's a different narrator for this book (Peter Berkrot instead of L J Ganser) and I HATED him. He made both Archie Goodwin and Nero Wolfe sound terrible, like sneering condescending actors who hate the lines they're forced to speak. The narrator drops in and out of a travesty of a southern accent at random and that probably the least objectionable thing in his performance. Perhaps he'd be decent for a different series, but I won't listen to him ever again to find out. The only reason I didn't stop listening to the book and return it was because I was desperate to spend time with Archie and Nero Wolfe, I've already listened to literally everything else Audible has from both Rex Stout and Robert Goldsborough and I didn't have the time to read as opposed to listen to the book.
Don't make the mistake I did. Re-listen to one of Michael Pritchard's masterpieces or revisit earlier books from Robert Goldsborough, but this book with this narrator is not worth your time or your money.
Buy or download the actual book and read it for yourself if you can: the plot is decent and the characters are solid, I loved that we got to spend a bit more time with Archie and Lily Rowan, but don't make the mistake I did. The narrator ruined an otherwise solid book for me.
I'm off to have Michael Pritchard sooth me with the beginnings of Archie & Lily's friendship. I'm going to re-listen to Some Burried Ceasar and then maybe Death of a Dude. Summertime with LaRowan, with Pritchard reading, please and thanks.
Solid Pastiche Destroyed by Horrible Narrator.
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It was the overall atmosphere in the old brownstone that holds the readers attention, &I made them timeless. Mr Goldsborough, in the first few Nero Wolfe books, did a fairly good job recreating that atmosphere. In my opinion he is not even close any more.
Good story, not so good narration (referring to Audio ed.).
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New reader wanted
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Wrong narrator
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LJ Ganser is an excellent narrator for this series and I have enjoyed his performances in the other stories.
narration is a problem
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