Truth and Consequences

A Novel

De: Alison Lurie

Narrado por: Jamie Heinlein

The Pulitzer Prize-winning author dishes up a surprising satire about two couples making mischief on a college campus.

Unabridged CDs - 7 CDs, 9 hours©2005 Alison Lurie; (P)2005 Penguin Audio

Reseñas de la Crítica

“A wry, insightful, thoroughly enjoyable tale about how men and women choose their demons and their lovers, and the sacrifices they’re willing to make for both.” —The Atlanta Journal-Constitution

“Delightful . . . Her characters are, as always, wonderfully imperfect.” —The New York Review of Books

"A wily, shapely tale of love's labors lost."—Elle

Monotonous reading

I want to enjoy the novel more, but the narration is ruining it for me. I may actually stop listening and go check this book out of the library so I can read the rest without having it delivered to me in Jamie Heinlein's relentless monotone.

Be careful what you wish for

This is called comedy? I found it to endlessly whiny and not very funny. Jane's ceaseless apologizing got on my nerves. Delia's self-centered personality was annoying. Alan's continuous complaining was so great that my back began to ache with sympathy.
Not what I expected, I expected some laughs and was left with sighs of boredom.
I was disappointed.

A well crafted story

I really enjoyed this story which focused on the spouses of "famous" people, in this case the wife of a professor at "Corinth" college (must be really Cornell) and the husband of a famous novelist. It was a very intimate portrait of the characters enmeshed a story line with just enough momentum to keep you moving.