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Talking It Over

By: Julian Barnes
Narrated by: Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, Clare Higgins
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Clare Higgins, Alex Jennings and Steven Pacey read Man Booker Prize-winning author Julian Barnes' 'he said, she said' novel.

Introducing Stuart, Gillian and Oliver. One by one they take their turn to speak straight out to the camera - and give their side of a contemporary love triangle. What begins as a comedy of misunderstanding slowly darkens and deepens into a compelling exploration of the quagmires of the heart.

©1991 Julian Barnes (P)2014 Audible, Inc. Fiction Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Heartfelt

Critic Reviews

“tour de force of alternating monologue…three impeccable actors, Steven Pacey, Alex Jennings, and Clare Higgins…and there isn't a false note anywhere. A wonderful performance.” ( AudioFile)
"An interplay of serious thought and dazzling wit. . . . It's moving, it's funny, it's frightening . . . fiction at its best." ( New York Times Book Review)
A witty and provocative novel from the author of the masterpiece Flaubert's Parrot.” ( Library Journal)
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This story of love and loss (and yes, it is the eternal triangle come out of a temporary retirement) is told using an unusual narrative device. All the characters address the reader (listener) in monologue only. They talk about each other - they do a lot of that - but they never talk to each other.

The book starts sinking early on when one of the three central characters turns out to be an obnoxious little poseur and, worse still, also an over written and not believable example of the type. I finished the book, but I did not yearn for more.

A trifle (and a trifle dull)

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Great story & perfectly read - It takes you on a journey, never quite going where you think it might,

Excellent

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