Tuesday 25 March 2014

Audio noise


Listening to the last disc of Patrick Ness' 'The knife of letting go'. I was given this copy some time ago with the recommendation that it was a great story, wonderfully wrought in audio by Humphrey Bower. I put it away thinking I'd get to it at a suitable time. Well the time has come, and I'm playing it in the car. Now the true test would you stay in the car listening to a book after you've arrived at your destination? Yes I did.
The story is a teenage science fiction story set on New World.
Todd Hewitt is the last boy in Prentisstown. But Prentisstown isn't like other towns. Everyone can hear everyone else's thoughts in a constant, overwhelming, never-ending Noise. There is no privacy. There are no secrets. Or are there?
Just one month away from his 13th birthday - the birthday that will make him a man, Todd unexpectedly stumbles upon a spot of complete silence. Which is impossible. Prentisstown has been lying to him. And now he's going to have to run... 

It is the first book of the 'Chaos Walking Trilogy', so would I read/listen to the rest? You bet! 
The trilogy's film rights have been bought by Lionsgate, so if depicting Noise was an art for the audio version, it will be interesting to see how it is portrayed on the big screen.

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