Tag: Martin Jarvis

Heavy Weather

Heavy Weather

by P. G. Wodehouse (Little, Brown and Company, 1933); audiobook read by Martin Jarvis (Canongate, 2008)

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Less a sequel, more a direct continuation of ‘Summer Lightning’. Wodehouse takes up the strands again and concocts a book-length encore of comedic misfortunes, double-crossings and plans hatched at cross purposes. Martin Jarvis narrates with dignity but over-eggs some of the voices.

 

 

The Best Bear in all the World

The Best Bear in all the World

by Paul Bright, Brian Sibley, Jeanne Willis, and Kate Saunders (Egmont, 2016); audiobook read by Martin Jarvis (Bolinda, 2016)

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The Estate of A. A. Milne deserves praise for its restraint in authorising Winnie-the-Pooh sequels. This 90th anniversary penning of new stories (one for each season) sees four Pooh aficionados craft adventures in the spirit of Milne and illustrator E. H. Shepard.

 

 

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