Two Tub Man

Sean & Crabby Finally Return!

Revisado: 04-21-25

Another cracking good Sean Duffy novel, so good I'll be listening to it again shortly. This was one of my favorites of the entire run. The Land Rover ambush chapters are worth the price.
Hope it's not that long before the next book!
As always, kudos to narrator Gerard Doyle.

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Bad Narration Of A Good Book

Revisado: 01-22-23

The narrator sounds like he's not at all human. I'll try to listen for the entire book, but this guy shows no emotion. It'll be a rough listen for 31+ hours.
Hope any future books have a much better narrator

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Part 1 of 3!

Revisado: 08-25-22

I'm 68 now, so I still plan on reading Part 2, which isn't due 'til possibly 2024. Lewisohn did 10 years of research for this whopper alone (audio is 43: hours, 43 minutes!). He says Part 2 is taking even longer.
I'm not gonna hold my breath for Part 3.

One might think there wouldn't be much left to write about The Fabs, but this behemoth proves otherwise.
Kudos to narrator for Clive Mantle for his smooth delivery, hopefully he'll be around to narrate Parts 2 & 3 (whenever that may be).

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The Good, The Bad & The Fugly Of The History Of Co

Revisado: 08-25-22

I heard Kliph a few times on the late Gilbert
Gottfried's podcast. The guy was well versed on the history of comedy, plus he had countless stories, the good, the bad & the f'in hysterical.

I downloaded both of his books (We Had A Little Real Estate Problem is his second, about Native American comics & their struggles to hit the big time, or even make a living), and I've listened to them each a few times, sometimes laughing out loud while I'm walking our two Labs.

Nesteroff narrates both books. I read a few reviews whining about his lapses into the gravelly voice of funnyman Jack Carter. That's a very minor quibble, I don't really mind it at all, and I could barely stand Jack Carter.

Hopefully, Kliph will do another book of this type. So many recent comedians were given a mere mention, some not mentioned at all. Plenty of untold stories for Part 2!

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One Of The Best I've Read

Revisado: 08-25-22

Okay, one of the best I've ever listened to, not literally read.
Time flew by while listening to the 18+ hours of this book, my interest never flagged, it was over too soon. It's in my queue to listen again, and I'd consider buying the hardcover if I found it used.
Mike Chamberlain's narration is excellent.

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Narrator, Do Your Homework !!!

Revisado: 03-27-22

Mike Dawson channels Kinky extremely well, sans the Texas accent. He's a fine narrator for this series.
But the title of one Hank Williams tune, one of his most famous, one's that's very important to the story, is mispronounced through the entire recording.
How difficult would it have been to find the actual pronunciation of "Kaw-Liga"?

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Narration Errors Are Countless!

Revisado: 03-30-21

Excellent book, dragged down by the audio narration. Why weren't all these sore-thumb errors addressed before this audiobook was released?

The narrator has a very listenable voice, but the rampant mispronunciations, the robotic, one-line-at-a-time reading, topped by poor editing was disconcerting. I soldiered on anyway, hoping it would improve, but it got ever worse.
After 2/3 of the book, I found the mistakes got funnier as I listened along, eventually I found it kind of endearing.

Nothing against the book, or Brenda G. Brown, but did anyone listen to this before it was released? Give the narrator a chance for some do-overs?

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Can't Blame A Guy For Selling Out

Revisado: 07-17-19

(Reviewing the audiobook)
An author whose earlier work I devoured has put out a lame, tame, predictable, annoying clunker of a book, The Chain. Adrian McKinty deserves a bestseller, and this is just type of book that'll move units in the US. McKinty deserves much sales, he's that good. So I hope this book is a financial pleasure for him.

The Chain is chock full of cliche'd characters so uninteresting I forgot their names a couple of times. None of them, not even the kids, are even remotely likable. There's not one iota of humor here. The story is dull, the bad folks are, well, bad. The climax of the story fizzles like a wet firecracker.

At several points, I was tempted to stop listening and return it unfinished. But since McKinty's become one of my favorite fiction authors over the past few years, I soldiered on. Maybe there'd be an upswing in final third. Nope. Not this time.

The narrator does a fine job making these unlikable folks even more so, though her voicing of the whiny kids in the story is shrill and piercing.

A few months down the road, I'll give The Chain another listen. Most of the author's earlier work has been worth revisiting, so perhaps this story will grow on me.
I owe the guy that much.

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