OTHER KINGDOMS

Bronson Pinchot keeps this fantasy grounded with his perfect rendition of the protagonist’s Brooklyn accent. Alex White is an 80-something author whose “memoir” focuses primarily on his late teens, when he retreats to England after being wounded in WWI. There he is caught between his enchantment with a middle-aged witch and his attraction to a young faerie, each of whom brings out the sexual fantasies of the young soldier. Pinchot makes the most of the formal style of the author to portray White’s restrained frustration when he talks about his father and the undertone of sexual tension he carries. Pinchot also tosses off the story’s many asides, augmenting but not distracting from the plot. J.E.M. © AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2011]