GLITZ

Anthony Rey Perez's adaptability as a narrator is showcased in this crime story/police procedural, the first unabridged audio version of Elmore Leonard's 1985 breakout novel, GLITZ. Perez masters the snappy dialogue--including accents native to Puerto Rico, Miami, Atlantic City, and Detroit--and his hushed delivery aligns with one of Leonard's darkest crime stories. When portraying Teddy Magyk, a polite, revenge-driven psychotic, Perez avoids showboating, instead finding terror in the mundane. Magyk is an unusually creepy character for Leonard, who usually favors antagonists with a comic side. But what Leonard gives up in humor, he makes up for in suspense. The result is one of the "noir-ist" audiobooks in the Elmore Leonard oeuvre. R.W.S. © AudioFile 2025, Portland, Maine [Published: JUNE 2025]