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Book Review of The Night Listener: A Spoken Word Serial

The Night Listener: A Spoken Word Serial
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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.