INVASION OF THE BODY SNATCHERS

This science fiction classic is expertly narrated by Kristoffer Tabori, who reads the first-person narrative with gritty intensity that will remind listeners of a noir detective novel. And why not? The book was published in 1955 and is the basis of at least three films. It portrays a world whose population is being taken over, person by person, by an alien race. Tabori’s narration captures the earthiness of the main character, Miles, who is ever smart and practical no matter how strange things get. Tension mounts as people succumb and Miles finds himself more isolated and more desperate to survive. Tabori is interviewed at the end of the audio about the book’s first film version, which his father directed in 1956. S.D.D. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine [Published: DEC 07/ JAN 08]