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The Driver's Seat

By: Muriel Spark
Narrated by: Dame Judi Dench
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Publisher's Summary

Lise is thin, neither good-looking nor bad-looking. One day she walks out of her office, acquires a gaudy new outfit, adopts a girlier tone of voice, and heads to the airport to fly south. On the plane, she takes a seat between two men. One is delighted with her company, the other is deeply perturbed. So begins an unnerving journey into the darker recesses of human nature.

Read by Dame Judi Dench, rediscover this shocking masterpiece in audiobook on the 100th anniversary of Muriel Spark's birth.

©1970 Muriel Spark (P)1996 Canongate Audiobooks

Critic Reviews

"An extraordinary tour de force, a crime story turned inside out." (David Lodge)
"Her spiny and treacherous masterpiece."( The New Yorker)

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Poor quality recording

The recording sounds as though it has been taken from cassette tapes. It’s low quality and sometimes has background noises that sound almost like a conversation in the background, or an echo. It’s a solid performance by Dame Judi and a great story from Dame Muriel but the quality of the audio lets it down. It’s not a complete write-off, I’ve heard worse & some people will be able to look past it, but it is nonetheless disappointing.

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Weird

Judy Dench adds intrigue to a weird story of intentional death. Not endearing but strangely compelling.

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Oh Judy Judy Judy

I would listen to anything narrated by Dame Judy. She is a consummate actor. With a perfect voice. She knows how to read so the listener hardly knows she is there. Im now going to hunt for more of Dame Judy Dench.

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