Kate’s 2¢: “The Night Listener” by Armistead Maupin

“The Night Listener” by Armistead Maupin

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…

   Ray Hagen did an excellent job of narrating this “circle” story. Maupin draws you into his tale, only to hoodwink and spit you out at the beginning.

   The NLS subject line should include lgbtq.

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Armistead Jones Maupin Jr.[1][2][3] (/ˈmɔːpɪn/ MAW-pin; born May 13, 1944)[4][5] is an American writer notable for Tales of the City, a series of novels set in San Francisco.[6]

Early life[edit]

Maupin was born in Washington, D.C., to Diana Jane (Barton) and Armistead Jones Maupin.[1] His great-great-grandfather, Congressman Lawrence O’Bryan Branch, was from North Carolina and was a railroad executive and a Confederate general during the American Civil War.[7] His father, Armistead Jones Maupin, founded Maupin, Taylor & Ellis, one of the largest law firms in North Carolina.[8] Maupin was raised in Raleigh.[9]

Maupin attended Ravenscroft School and graduated from Needham Broughton High School in 1962.[10] He attended the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, where he wrote for The Daily Tar Heel.[11]

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The night listener :: a novel DB52746

Author: Maupin, Armistead

Reading Time: 9 hours, 54 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Ray Hagen

Subject: Psychological Fiction

Gabriel Noone suffers from writer’s block, struggling to create a script for his late-night radio program and trying to cope with the departure of his lover of ten years. The arrival of a book manuscript by a thirteen-year-old boy who has endured horrendous sexual abuse by his parents changes Gabriel’s life. Strong language. 2000.

New York : HarperCollins, c2000.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Stop The Presses” by Robert Goldsborough

“Stop The Presses” by Robert Goldsborough

NOTE: There is a plethora of in-depth biographies of authors and reviews of their books, that state the title, author, published date, and genre; as well as, describing what the book is about, setting, and character(s), so, Kate’s 2¢ shares her thoughts about what she’s read. In her opinion…

   Peter Berkrot read this ‘Who dunnit” with his heavy British accent.

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Robert Gerald Goldsborough (born October 3, 1937 in Chicago, Illinois) is an American journalist and writer of mystery novels. He worked for 45 years for the Chicago Tribune and Advertising Age, but gained prominence as the author of a series of 17 authorized pastiches of Rex Stout’s Nero Wolfe detective stories, published from 1986 to 1994 and from 2012 to 2023. The first novel, Murder in E Minor (1986), received a Nero Award.

In 2005, Goldsborough published Three Strikes You’re Dead, the first novel of a five book series of period mysteries featuring Chicago Tribune reporter Steve (Snap) Malek.

Biography[edit]

Robert Goldsborough was born October 3, 1937, in Chicago, the son of architect Robert Vincent Goldsborough and Wilma (Janak) Goldsborough. He grew up in Elmhurst, Illinois, and graduated from York Community High School before attending Northwestern University, where he earned a bachelor’s and a master’s degree (1959, 1960) from the Medill School of Journalism.[1]

Journalism[edit]

After a year of reporting for the Associated Press, Goldsborough went to work for the Chicago Tribune as a reporter (1960–1963). From 1963 to 1966, he served as assistant editor of the newspaper’s Sunday magazine and TV Week, which he edited from 1966 to 1967. He was assistant to the features editor (1967–1971) and editor (1971–1972), and was named Sunday editor (1972–1975) and editor of the Sunday magazine (1975–1982). In 1982, he joined Advertising Age as editor and became the magazine’s special projects director in 1988.[1] He retired in December 2004.[2]

Nero Wolfe[edit]

Goldsborough gained national renown in the 1980s with the publication — approved by the estate of Rex Stout — of his Nero Wolfe mystery Murder in E Minor (1986). Written privately for his mother back in 1978, shortly after the death of Stout (creator of the Nero Wolfe mysteries), Goldsborough’s novel received a Nero Award. Fourteen other Nero Wolfe books by Goldsborough followed, including (2020).

“As the one who extended the life of Rex’s Stout’s famed private eye Nero Wolfe with seven novels in the 1980s and ’90s, I got both praise and derision — praise from readers who were glad to have more tales of Wolfe and his loyal right-hand, Archie Goodwin, and derision from those who either lamented that ‘you haven’t got it right’ or who felt fictional characters should be allowed to die with their creators,” Goldsborough wrote in 2011.[3]

Goldsborough resumed his Nero Wolfe series with Archie Meets Nero Wolfe (2012), a prequel to Stout’s novels, followed by Murder in the Ball Park (2014).

Snap Malek[edit]

In 2005, Goldsborough turned his attention to creating books with his own characters, beginning with Three Strikes You’re Dead, a mystery set in pre-war Chicago, featuring Steve (Snap) Malek, a reporter for the Chicago Tribune. In February 2006, Three Strikes You’re Dead was named Best Historical Mystery at the eighth annual Love is Murder awards banquet.[citation needed] Terror at the Fair (2011), the fifth book in the Snap Malek series, received the Lovey Award in 2012.[4]

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Stop the presses! DB131474

Series: Nero Wolfe (Goldsborough)

Order in Series: 11

Author: Goldsborough, Robert

Reading Time: 6 hours, 32 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Peter Berkrot

Subjects: Mystery and Detective Stories, Historical Fiction

“There are few people Nero Wolfe respects, and Lon Cohen of the New York Gazette is one of them. So when Cohen asks for a favor, Wolfe is inclined to listen. According to Cohen, someone wants to kill the Gazette’s gossip columnist, Cameron Clay. Death threats are a regular hazard for Clay, who has hurled insults and accusations at every bold-faced name in the five boroughs. But the latest threats have carried a more sinister tone. The columnist has narrowed his potential killers down to five people. When Clay turns up dead, the cops deem it a suicide. The bigwigs at the Gazette don’t agree, so they retain Wolfe to figure out which of the suspects had the mettle to pull the trigger.” — From publisher. Unrated. Commercial audiobook.

Holland, OH : Dreamscape Media, 2016.

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Kate’s 2¢: “Home to Hickory Hollow: The Guardian (03); The Secret keeper (04)” byBeverly Lewis

“Home to Hickory Hollow: The Guardian (03); The Secret keeper (04)” byBeverly Lewis

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   Kristin Allison did a good job of narrating these religious stories…for sure and for certain.

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Beverly Marie Lewis (née Jones) is an American Christian fiction novelist and adult and children’s author of over 100 books.

Lewis is a former schoolteacher and musician. She started playing the piano at age four, and began writing short stories and poetry when she was nine years old.

Much of her writing focuses on the Old Order Amish. Her maternal grandmother, Ada Ranck Buchwalter, was born into an Old Order Mennonite Church, which interested Lewis in her own “plain heritage.” Her father was a pastor in Lancaster, Pennsylvania (the heart of the Pennsylvania Dutch community), where she was born and grew up. She was raised and continues to be part of the Assemblies of God community.

She went to Evangel University, and received the Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2003. She is also a member of the National League of American Pen Women.[1]

Lewis is married to David Lewis, and they have three grown children and three grandchildren. They live in Colorado.

From NLS/BARD/LOC:

Home to Hickory Hollow: The Guardian ; The Secret keeper DB77824

Series: Home to Hickory Hollow

Order in Series: 3, 4

Author: Lewis, Beverly

Reading Time: 16 hours, 58 minutes

Production: National Library Service for the Blind and Print Disabled, Library of Congress

Read by: Kristin Allison

Subject: Religious Fiction

Two novels set in Hickory Hollow, an Amish community in Pennsylvania. In The Guardian Englischer Jodi Winfield finds a little girl who speaks no English and takes the child to Hickory Hollow. In The Secret Keeper Jenny Burns joins the Amish community and struggles to fit in. 2013.

Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, 2013.Minneapolis, Minnesota : Bethany House, a division of Baker Publishing Group, [2013]

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