AUDIO

Babayaga

by Toby Barlow
12 CDs. retail ed. unabridged. 14½ hrs. Tantor Audio. 2013. ISBN 9781452615875. $39.99; 2 MP3-CDs/12 CDs. library ed.; digital download. F
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This imaginative novel set in Paris during the 1950s features Will Van Wyck, a young American advertising agent working for the CIA, as he becomes increasingly caught up in a series of events involving the Cold War, LSD experimentation, and witchcraft. A parallel plot follows Zoya and Elga, witches from Russia, as they seduce, manipulate, and generally cause trouble. Barlow (Sharp Teeth) has succeeded in writing a fast-moving though somewhat tangled tale. Especially enjoyable are the detailed accounts of the witches' centuries-long history. Dan Miller's versatile voice captures the various accents believably, although the uneven audio requires frequent volume adjustments.
VERDICT Recommended for listeners of contemporary fiction interested in an entertaining and complicated story.
Reviewed by Nancy R. Ives, SUNY at Geneseo , Jan 17, 2014
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