Henderson the Rain King
Saul Bellow, , read by Joe Barrett. . Brilliance, $29.99 (0pp) ISBN 978-1-4233-9349-8
Bellow's classic novel of a dissatisfied American millionaire finding himself in Africa has been newly recorded in time for the novel's 50th anniversary. Joe Barrett reads the seriocomic tale of Eugene Henderson, who flees workaday American anomie for the freeing chaos of Africa. Barrett's voice is pleasingly gravelly, rimed with experience and rising to a growling screech at particularly heated moments. Every audio recording should be so lucky as to work with Bellow's prose, but this version, directed by Keith Reynolds, is more than adequate. Barrett is to be commended for sounding like a man of Bellow's era, not his own; one can almost picture Bellow's voice emitting a similar blend of assurance and self-conscious anxiety.
Reviewed on: 09/28/2009
Genre: Audio
Analog Audio Cassette - 978-0-88646-159-1
Compact Disc - 978-1-9826-7261-4
Hardcover - 978-0-436-03955-3
MP3 CD - 978-1-4233-9351-1
MP3 CD - 978-1-9826-7262-1
MP3 CD - 978-1-5012-4625-8
Open Ebook - 352 pages - 978-1-62373-007-9
Paperback - 352 pages - 978-0-14-310548-0
Paperback - 352 pages - 978-0-14-018942-1
Paperback - 352 pages - 978-0-14-007269-3
Paperback - 347 pages - 978-0-14-004229-0
Paperback - 978-0-670-36655-2
Paperback - 978-0-670-00170-5
Paperback - 978-0-380-00832-2
Pre-Recorded Audio Player - 978-1-61587-962-5
