Heading Out to Wonderful
Robert Goolrick, read by Norman Dietz. HighBridge Audio, eight CDs, 9.5 hours, $32.95 ISBN 978-1-61174-763-8
In this latest romantic novel from Goolrick, WWII veteran Charlie Beale takes up residence in a tiny Virginia town in an effort to “head out to wonderful” and discover the unexpected. The unexpected occurs in the form of Sylvan Glass, the adolescent bride of the town’s richest and meanest citizen. Charlie’s doomed quest to possess Sylvan is the novel’s driving force—and this is capably rendered by Norman Dietz, who offers up strong and unique voices for almost all the characters. Sylvan’s is the only character that ever comes across as unnatural or inconsistent, but even this wholly keeps with the story: she grew up in a holler, but tries to erase her country accent by emulating the measured dialect of film and radio actresses. In all, this is a first-rate audio production. An Algonquin hardcover. (June)
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Reviewed on: 07/30/2012
Genre: Audio
Compact Disc - 978-1-6651-6066-7
Compact Disc - 979-8-212-05502-4
Hardcover - 296 pages - 978-1-56512-923-8
Hardcover - 399 pages - 978-1-4104-4888-0
MP3 CD - 978-1-6651-6065-0
MP3 CD - 979-8-212-05501-7
Open Ebook - 1 pages - 978-1-61174-764-5
Open Ebook - 337 pages - 978-1-61620-272-9
Open Ebook - 304 pages - 978-1-4481-6486-8
Other - 1 pages - 978-1-61620-155-5
Other - 304 pages - 978-1-4434-1239-1
Paperback - 320 pages - 978-1-61620-279-8
Paperback - 304 pages - 978-0-09-955915-3
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-61707-135-5
