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& SONS

Earphones Award Winner

by | Read by George Newbern

Fiction • 16.25 hrs. • Unabridged • © 2013

This audiobook is initially daunting. Sixteen hours long and constructed of subtle—at times, even confusing—shifts in point of view, it may feel overwhelming in the first hour. But sticking with George Newbern’s narration and Gilbert’s prose yields great rewards. Newbern’s performance is funny, thoughtful, heartrending, and utterly engrossing. When the famous, now aging, author A.N. Dyer calls his distant sons to his side, Newbern is provided ample characters to animate, and he does so with perfect pacing and what seems like an innate understanding of the novel. He creates a rhythm that makes the changing perspectives easy to follow and Gilbert’s details accessible. & SONS is a perfect example of how a skilled narrator can make a good book even better. L.B.F. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2013, Portland, Maine [Published: AUGUST 2013]

Trade Ed. • Random House Audio • 2013

DD ISBN 9780385359566 $25.00

 

Library Ed. • Books on Tape • 2013

CD ISBN 9780385359573 $50.00 • Thirteen CDs

DD ISBN 9780385359580 $95.00

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