NEW YORKER staff writer David Grann has collected three true-crime articles in this audiobook, deftly narrated by Mark Deakins. The cover story, THE OLD MAN AND THE GUN, is now a movie starring Robert Redford as the charismatic, dashing gentleman bank robber and prison escape artist who is still plying his craft in his 70s. The other two stories of deeply flawed but fascinating criminals are also intriguing pieces that will move listeners to consider the lines between truth, belief, and imagination. Deakins is a great match for Grann’s investigative writing style. He conveys these real-life stories with journalistic credibility. E.Q. © AudioFile 2018, Portland, Maine
Getting to the truth isn’t always easy or neat: it can be physically taxing, dusty, and well, messy…if you’re David Grann, meticulous master of narrative nonfiction that entertains us, makes us think, and uses history to show us who were are now. Luckily for readers, Grann is a tenacious researcher, first-class interviewer, a relentless reporter […]