tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post2830389695548912798..comments2024-03-11T00:52:06.529+10:30Comments on MYSTERIES in PARADISE: Review: OUR KIND OF TRAITOR, John Le Carre - audio bookKerriehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-40805499356880389782012-01-09T08:20:48.365+10:302012-01-09T08:20:48.365+10:30I am not sure why Le Carre decided to narrate the ...I am not sure why Le Carre decided to narrate the abridged version himself. He is in fact very good. Lots of tonal range and quite good at accents although his Australian accent sounds more like South African.<br /><br />Maxine the Prof might still like it. Le Carre feels a bit like an intellectual exercise to me and after reading Bernadette's review of the unabridged audio I am not sure I would have liked that much betterKerriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581470363339796352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-55497468081995296272012-01-09T00:53:21.141+10:302012-01-09T00:53:21.141+10:30Kerrie - Sorry to hear you were disappointed in th...Kerrie - Sorry to hear you were disappointed in this version. It is indeed odd that the author himself thought that things could productively be abridged from the story. Hmmmm..... Yeah maybe I'll give this one a miss although I've liked a lot of le Carré's work.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-18196575262855470302012-01-08T22:50:56.014+10:302012-01-08T22:50:56.014+10:30Sorry you did not like this one. I think he's ...Sorry you did not like this one. I think he's gone off in recent years. Unfortunately I bought this book (print version) for Prof P for xmas 2010 before I saw Bernadette's review, but he hasn't read it (yet?!). Maybe I should just sneak it down to the charity shop before he does.Maxine Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06628509319992204770noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-20939377660411238932012-01-08T20:40:28.857+10:302012-01-08T20:40:28.857+10:30I find it fascintating that the author thinks ther...I find it fascintating that the author thinks there was so much in his own book that could be cut out...I would have to agree with him as I listened to the unabridged vesion (read by someone else) and thought it was pretty woeful...lots of boring bitsBernadettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07641617609801125707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8273911883856580200.post-82055418388463880562012-01-08T19:11:40.793+10:302012-01-08T19:11:40.793+10:30I listen to a lot of audio books and most of the a...I listen to a lot of audio books and most of the are abridges in some way. It looks like the editing was badly done in this one though.Sarahhttp://crimepieces.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com