Audiobooks: Fiction, Poetry, & Drama
I am a believer in the beauty and utility of audiobooks. (It helps that I drive about an hour a day.) Humans spoke and told stories before they wrote. Homer sang or chanted. Your experience of a story may be enhanced or transformed by listening to a skilled artist bring to life. I cannot imagine reading Alexander McCall Smith's wonderful No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency novels, because the amazing Lisette Lecat, a South African actress, has given them life inside my head with her singular readings. If you love the experience of being read to, here are some of our carefully chosen titles. If you want books to be delivered in an old and an always new way, try an audiobook soon. (Success and technological parameters have driven me to divide our audiobooks into two pages. Be sure to browse our audiobook-nonfiction as well.)
Octopussy and The Living Daylights: A James Bond Novel
Octopussy and The Living Daylights: A James Bond Novel
The three novellas in this anthology delve deeper into the James Bond character and psyche, are full of atmosphere and detail, and are, in short, pure Fleming. Includes "Octopussy", "The Living Daylights" and "The Property of a Lady."
2.5 hours on 3 CDs
Read by Simon Vance