Bruen, Ken. Calibre.BRUEN, Ken. Calibre calibre see caliber. . Read by Michael Deehy. 3 cds. 4 hrs. BBC BBC in full British Broadcasting Corp. Publicly financed broadcasting system in Britain. A private company at its founding in 1922, it was replaced by a public corporation under royal charter in 1927. Audiobooks America. 2006. 0-7927-4073-4. $39.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. A London's Inspector Brant brant or brant goose, common name for a species of wild sea goose. The American brant, Branta bernicla, breeds in the Arctic and winters along the Atlantic coast. is the sarcastic sar·cas·tic adj. 1. Expressing or marked by sarcasm. 2. Given to using sarcasm. [sarc(asm) + -astic, as in enthusiastic. , rules-breaking, tough guy no one wants to mess with mess with Verb Informal, chiefly US to interfere in, or become involved with, a dangerous person, thing, or situation: he had started messing with drugs . When the killings begin, Brant is in the thick of things while he stays involved in other cases. Deehy is terrific as he reads with many voices--Cockney, British, and Irish--always getting the accents and dialects perfectly. There is no glossing over how closely the London detectives come to criminal behavior and how quickly they can go from hero status to walking the beat. The only reason this might not appeal to many older teens is that those wonderful accents are at times a bit difficult to understand. Even for those who are used to listening to British readers, this requires close attention. Sue Rosenzweig, Consultant, Lincoln, RI A--Recommended for advanced students and adults. This code will help librarians and teachers working in high schools where there are honors and advanced placement students. This also will help extend KLIATT's usefulness in public libraries. |
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