December 6.Martin Cruz Smith Martin Cruz Smith (nĂ© Martin William Smith) was born in Reading, Pennsylvania, in 1942. He originally wrote under the name Martin Smith only to discover there were other writers with the same name. . 2002. Read by L.J. Ganser. 8 tapes. 12.5 hrs. Sound Library, 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. 0-7927-2714-2. $69.95. Vinyl; plot, author, reader notes. SA Set on the day before the bombing of Pearl Harbor Pearl Harbor, land-locked harbor, on the southern coast of Oahu island, Hawaii, W of Honolulu; one of the largest and best natural harbors in the E Pacific Ocean. In the vicinity are many U.S. military installations, including the chief U.S. , this novel is told through the eyes of American spy Harry Niles. "Cruz Smith has evoked a sense of time and place with an unforgettable story and characters that capture a fateful day from the viewpoints of both [Japanese and American] cultures." (from the review of the Simon & Schuster Simon & Schuster U.S. publishing company. It was founded in 1924 by Richard L. Simon (1899–1960) and M. Lincoln Schuster (1897–1970), whose initial project, the original crossword-puzzle book, was a best-seller. abridged edition of this title that appeared in KLIATT, January 2003.) In this audio version Ganser superbly portrays the young American con man who has a cold exterior and a complex interior life. His reading of some shocking scenes of Japanese punishment by beheading is matter-of-fact, reflecting the action by the Japanese officer who is Harry's nemesis. Nola Theiss, Sanibel, FL |
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