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BBC Radio 4 - In Touch, Audiobooks

Peter White and his guests discuss audiobooks of their choice.

For obvious reasons, audiobooks are very popular with visually impaired people. Guests Jackie Brown and Dave Williams join Peter to discuss their personal choices.

This week sees the latest in our occasional series of discussions about audiobooks.  Peter White is joined by guests Jackie Brown and Dave Williams.  Jackie and Dave have much in common - both having supported other visually impaired people in the use of technology, but more importantly for this episode - both are avid readers.

Our trio take a broad approach, discussing not only storylines, but also issues such as narration and the merits (or otherwise) of audiobooks generally.  Each has chosen a specific book, namely:-

The Lincoln Highway, by Amor Towles, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini, Marin Ireland and Dion Graham;

Dead Simple, by Peter James, narrated by Tim Bruce, and;

One Summer, written and narrated by Bill Bryson.      

But who chose which book, why did they choose it and is their opinion shared by their fellow book lovers?

Links to audio books discussed in this episode:

The Lincoln Highway: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/The-Lincoln-Highway-Audiobook/1473593190

Dead Simple:  https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/Dead-Simple-Audiobook/B01CT46ECC

One Summer: https://www.audible.co.uk/pd/One-Summer-Audiobook/B00E992WFO

Audio credits: 
The Lincoln Highway:  ©2021 Amor Towles (P)2021 Penguin Audio  
Dead Simple:  ©2016 Peter James (P)2016 Pan Macmillan Publishers Ltd. 
One Summer:  ©2013 Bill Bryson (P)2013 Audible Ltd   

Presenter:  Peter White
Producer:  Fern Lulham
Production coordinator:  Liz Poole

Website image description: Peter White sits smiling in the centre of the image, wearing a dark green jumper. Above Peter's head is the BBC logo (three individual white squares house each of the three letters). Bottom centre and overlaying the image are the words "In Touch" and the Radio 4 logo (the word Radio in a bold white font, with the number 4 inside a white circle). The background is a bright mid-blue with two rectangles angled diagonally to the right. Both are behind Peter, one of a darker blue and the other is a lighter blue.

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