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WINNER OF AUDIOFILE'S "GOLDEN EARPHONE" Award


The Monster of Florence: A True Story Douglas Preston with Mario Spezi, read by Dennis Boutsikaris. Hachette Audio, unabridged,


........ Told from Preston's point of view, Dennis Boutsikaris's crisp, intelligent vocal rendition reflects the various stages of the author's life in Italy: his delight in arriving with wife and young son at a lovely villa in Florence, his surprise in hearing that a grisly double murder was committed in the villa's olive grove, his fascination with Spezi's stories of The Monster, and eventually his astonishment, frustration, anger and fear upon discovering that he and Spezi are suspects in the murders. Boutsikaris is particularly effective in giving voice to the author's rueful and yet wistful final thoughts.

PUBLISHERS WEEKLY July 28. 2008

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