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.
Charlene C. (mccoffield) 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.
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.
