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The Night Listener: A Spoken Word Serial
The Night Listener A Spoken Word Serial
Author: Armistead Maupin
ISBN-13: 9780694521449
ISBN-10: 0694521442
Publication Date: 10/1/2000
Edition: Unabridged
Rating:
  • Currently 4.2/5 Stars.
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4.2 stars, based on 3 ratings
Publisher: HarperAudio
Book Type: Audio Cassette
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reviewed The Night Listener: A Spoken Word Serial on + 6 more book reviews
As far as "period pieces" go, I actually quite liked Tales of the City - and its portrayal of a GROUP of people in San Francisco. However, when ONE person - the AUTHOR (Maupin?) is the center of attention, I like it much less. Whiny and self-centered, with a somewhat overblown sense of his own importance (to himself AND those around him), the protagonist of Listener is not, at all, likeable or sympathetic.... I just couldn't get past that to really enjoy a storyline that could have (with a more embraceable hero) been quite intriguing.
mccoffield avatar reviewed The Night Listener: A Spoken Word Serial on + 76 more book reviews
UNABRIDGED AUDION BOOK ON TAPE

9 hours on 7 cassettes

This is one unusual mystery, which I enjoyed thoroughly. Though I didn't see the movie based on this novel, I did read the book, and I enjoyed this audio version best!

The author, Armistead Maupin is just perfect in the performance of his own writing. As the reviews state, it is truly "mesmeric".

Perhaps you remember Armistead Maupin as the author of the hightly popular novels that spurred all three of the Public Television mini-series -- The Tales of the City, et. al. Though these novels did incorporate some mystery into their plots, this book - The Night Listerner - is far beyond that -- a horse of a totally different color.

You certainly do not have to be a Maupin fan, nor a fan of the Tales of the City series, to enjoy this book.