BLACK JACK A Day in the Afterlife

Narrator Scott Brick is known for his strong vocal timing, easy naturalism, and sense of freshly discovering every word on the page. He brings these qualities to this quiet and intense rumination on aging, chances not taken, and loves left undeclared by Hungarian-born game designer Zoltan Bartok. The author's clipped, precise prose describing how a dreamlike bodiless world next door to heaven might work mixes well with Brick's ability to imbue a single phrase with multiple shades of emotional meaning. This independently produced project is a fine example of how the new world of self-publishing audiobooks has grown in quality and depth, becoming more and more attractive to both the best voice talent in the business and a new listening audience. B.P. © AudioFile 2016, Portland, Maine [Published: SEPTEMBER 2016]