36 Yalta Boulevard: Library Edition [Audio CD]

Olen Steinhauer (Author), Yuri Rasovky (Narrator)

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After being framed for murder, convicted, and sent to work in a factory, Brano Sev, agent for an unnamed Eastern Bloc state, begins to question what his bosses at the Ministry of State Security are up to. Yuri Rasovsky's performance meticulously develops the existential plight of the middle-aged spy, using an imaginative collection of personalities to build the double-dealings and betrayals inherent in the business. Rasovsky's character voices range from wheezy to gravelly, from high-pitched to dark and sinister as Sev slips in and out of the perils of paranoia in this tightly plotted thriller. Rasovsky's intelligent grasp of the convoluted material places both a complex puzzle and its solution within reach. S.J.H. © AudioFile 2005, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine

Product Details

• Audio CD
• Publisher: Blackstone Audiobooks; Unabridged edition (June 2005)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0786179414
• ISBN-13: 978-0786179411
• Product Dimensions: 6.5 x 6.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 11.2 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #7,317,094 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

More About the Author

Olen Steinhauer grew up in Virginia, and has since lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Pennsylvania, Texas, California, Massachusetts, and New York. Outside the US, he's lived in Croatia (when it was called Yugoslavia), the Czech Republic and Italy. He also spent a year in Romania on a Fulbright grant, an experience that helped inspire his first five books. He now lives in Hungary with his wife and daughter.

http://www.olensteinhauer.com

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5.0 out of 5 stars An enthralling parable of ambiguous moral choices and difficult decisions, August 6, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 36 Yalta Boulevard: Library Edition (Audio CD)

36 Yalta Boulevard by Olen Steinhauer is brought vividly to life with the expert and nuanced narration of Yuri Rascovsky is this complete and unabridged Blackstone Audibook CD edition (11 hours, 30 minutes on 9 discs). The story of a purely loyal man who serves the Ministry for State Security, who always does whatever the authorities ask. When he receives orders to travel to the village of a potential defector, he obeys; and when a murdered corpse turns up and he is framed for the crime, he assumes this is all part of what is expected. Yet when he is sentenced to exile in Vienna, at long last he begins to question what he is doing and why, and the surprising answers may yet reveal that unthinking loyalty is as harmful a crime as open rebellion. An enthralling parable of ambiguous moral choices and difficult decisions.

5.0 out of 5 stars An enthralling parable of ambiguous moral choices and difficult decisions, August 6, 2005

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Midwest Book Review (Oregon, WI USA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: 36 Yalta Boulevard: Library Edition (Audio CD)

36 Yalta Boulevard by Olen Steinhauer is brought vividly to life with the expert and nuanced narration of Yuri Rascovsky is this complete and unabridged Blackstone Audibook CD edition (11 hours, 30 minutes on 9 discs). The story of a purely loyal man who serves the Ministry for State Security, who always does whatever the authorities ask. When he receives orders to travel to the village of a potential defector, he obeys; and when a murdered corpse turns up and he is framed for the crime, he assumes this is all part of what is expected. Yet when he is sentenced to exile in Vienna, at long last he begins to question what he is doing and why, and the surprising answers may yet reveal that unthinking loyalty is as harmful a crime as open rebellion. An enthralling parable of ambiguous moral choices and difficult decisions.