THE DAKOTA WINTERS

Narrator Jim Meskimen impersonates a number of late '70s-early '80s celebrities as he recounts this story of the Winters, a family living in the Dakota, the New York apartment building where John Lennon famously lived--and died on December 8, 1980. Young Anton Winter has returned home after a near-fatal stint in the Peace Corps to help his father, Buddy Winter, relaunch his career as a talk show host after a very public meltdown. Therein lies the crux of this novel: How much should we sacrifice for the needs of others? Meskimen can't outperform his content or be accountable for what he utters in the name of Lennon or others, but he keeps us entertained even as we anticipate the inevitable climax. K.W. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine [Published: DECEMBER 2018]