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David

Essendon, Australia | Member Since 2010

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  • The Sea | [John Banville]
    The Sea
    UNABRIDGED

    The Sea

    • UNABRIDGED (6 hrs and 54 mins)
    • By John Banville
    • Narrated By John Lee
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (143)
    Performance
    (49)
    Story
    (51)

    The narrator is Max Morden, a middle-aged Irishman who, soon after his wife's death, has gone back to the seaside town where he spent his summer holidays as a child; a retreat from the grief, anger, and numbness of his life without her. But it is also a return to the place where he met the Graces, the well-heeled vacationing family with whom he experienced the strange suddenness of both love and death for the first time.

    Karen says: "OVERWHELMINGLY FINE"
    "Let it flow over you"
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    Story

    I had not heard of Banville before this. What is it about the Irish? The command of the language, the humour, pathos, gentility, insight was astounding. At the end I felt I had lost a friend! Beautifully read, this was a true pleasure. It was a gentle journey that could have gone on and on! I recommend this anyone with an interest in the human condition!

    5 of 5 people found this review helpful
  • On the Road | [Jack Kerouac]
    On the Road
    UNABRIDGED

    On the Road

    • UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 18 mins)
    • By Jack Kerouac
    • Narrated By Matt Dillon
    • Whispersync for Voice-ready
    Overall
    (38)
    Performance
    (14)
    Story
    (13)

    This novel swings to the rhythms of 1950s underground America, jazz, sex, generosity, chill dawns, and drugs, with Sal Paradise and his hero Dean Moriarty, traveller and mystic, the living epitome of beat.

    David says: "Highly recommended"
    "Highly recommended"
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    Great read... go for it! Matt captures the characters brilliantly. And of course Jack K is something else.

    0 of 0 people found this review helpful
  • A Short History of Ireland | [Jonathan Bardon]
    A Short History of Ireland
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    A Short History of Ireland

    • UNABRIDGED (22 hrs and 55 mins)
    • By Jonathan Bardon
    Overall
    (82)
    Performance
    (26)
    Story
    (26)

    In the wake of its 30th birthday celebrations in 2006, BBC Radio Ulster marked the beginning of a new broadcasting era by embarking on the station's most ambitious project to date: a recounting of the history of Ireland.

    Anne says: "Three and a half?"
    "Massive effort, well worth it"
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    Story

    Balanced, well constructed, beautifully presented, brilliant production! I was rivited all the way. The repetition from one episode to the next stops after a while and is only in places where it is required. To have Irish history, so well presented was just perfect...thanks!

    0 of 1 people found this review helpful

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