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The story went nowhere. Don't want to write a spoiler, but there's no

I'm a big PR fan. I wish the story had been about Alan Banks, but I do understand that writers get tired of doing the same old same old. This character, however, was just boring and unlikeable. As were all the other characters in the book. WAY too much minute detail (who ordered what for dinner, which wine, which brandy, holy crap these people drink a lot). It felt like filler and I commented to friend that Robinson must have had a word quota he was trying to meet. Not up to his usual standard.

No, the narration by the male was awful. The woman, Susan Lyons, was fabulous. She was the saving grace of the audiobook and after hearing her, I went in search of her other audio work.

All of them!

Yes. The narrator brought so much to the table. I really loved his work. That said, Peter Temple is a true prose master and anything he writes is a pleasure to read. But Mr Hosking really brought it to life. I will be on the lookout for more audiobooks read by him.

Yes! And I rewound many times to savor Hosking's reading or Temple's lovely prose.

Really confused as to why some other reviewers claimed the Australian accent was hard to understand. I am American and I completely disagree. There was some Aussie slang I didn't know and had to look up, but it had nothing to do with Mr. Hosking's reading. He was a joy to listen to.

The narrator, Michael Carman, is really not cut out to read audio books, especially not ones written by Peter Temple. Temple is a writer who doesn't waste words, or dialogue tags. This isn't a problem if you are reading on the page; the formatting will tell you who's speaking and when there is a flashback, etc. But when you are listening, you need a way of knowing when there's a shift. That's not happening here.

This narrator is so limited in the voices he can do that everything sounded the same: the narrative, the protagonist, all men the protag was having conversations with. I have never been so lost in a book in my life. To make matters worse, I had just listened to the same author's book Broken Shore, which was stellar, and the reader, Peter Hosking, was phenomenal. He enhanced a great book whereas the reader of Truth detracted from the story so badly that, although I stuck it through to the end, it was a huge (and confusing) disappointment. Such a shame because Peter Temple is a superb storyteller and a wonderful prose master.

No. I thought Nesbo went too far this time. I love all the Hole books but this one was too long (I kept thinking

Peter Temple's The Broken Shore.

Yes, he's really good in every book.

No. See above comments for why.

Yes. Peter Carey is a beautiful writer - the book is worth it just for the skill Cary demonstrates. It's colorful and strong on sense of place. Use of language and in particular slang is superb. But best of all is Susan Lyons' narration. Hard to believe anything could improve Peter Carey, but she did it. I thought her reading was a tour de force.

The narrator's performance combined with the colorful, fanciful story. Which, by the way, is wickedly funny.

I would never have heard the accents, some of slang I would not even have known how to pronounce. She seems to move with ease from posh British to slangy Aussie.
Also, Carey doesn't use quotation marks, which I find offputting to read. WIth Lyons doing the work, I didn't have to wonder who is saying what. Her voices for each different character were so distinctive it was obvious who was talking.

She's so marvelous that I'm looking for other books narrated by her. She read the female part in Peter Robinson's newest, Before the Poison. I didn't like that book, but Lyons's performance was the one thing I did like.

I would have if I could have. I certainly switched on my iPod every minute I had the chance. I also often rewound to hear parts again because I got such a kick out of Lyons.