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Podcast: Behind the Mic With Kirkus Reviews
Episode: THE GREY WOLF by Louise Penny, read by Jean Brassard
Description: Jean Brassard, Louise Penny’s choice to narrate her 19th Three Pines novel, proves an inspired selection. Host Jo Reed and AudioFile’s Robin Whitten discuss how Brassard, a native Quebecois and an award-winning actor, gets each character right. Domestic terrorism takes Armand Gamache, Jean-Guy, and Isabelle from Montreal to the Vatican and to an isolated French monastery. Brasard’s accents—whether French Canadian, Italian, or continental French—create indelible characters, and his pacing and storytelling skills are stunningly good. Listen to find out what awaits Gamache in this latest memorable mystery.Read our review of...