Ginnie's review
The Screwtape Letters
by C.S. Lewis
This sounds wonderful - and my library has this audiobook version! (albeit on cassette - time to dig out the Walkman)
Ginnie's review
The Screwtape Letters by C.S. Lewis
Ginnie's review
rating:
bookshelves:
religion
recommended for: ever wanted to hear the devil?
This refers only to the AUDIOBOOK, not the paperback. i obviously don't know how to get the goodreads computer program to believe me. Any smart friends willing to take me in hand?
This is a great John Cleese recording that is just how I imagined Screwtape sounding.
This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and abili...more
This is a great John Cleese recording that is just how I imagined Screwtape sounding.
This adaptation of C.S. Lewis's biting satire received a 1999 Grammy nomination for best spoken-word performance, and it's easy to see why--the story fits the format perfectly. It's relatively brief (the unabridged reading takes a mere four hours), and contains only one character--the demon Screwtape, who writes letters to his novice nephew Wormwood, instructing him on how to best tempt his "patient" (a wayward soul on earth) into the bosom of "our Lord below."
Obviously, the book wasn't written with former Monty Python John Cleese in mind, but it's hard to imagine a better Screwtape. Cleese's voice provides the perfect vehicle for Lewis's dry, razor-edged wit. His uncanny comic timing and abili...more
This sounds wonderful - and my library has this audiobook version! (albeit on cassette - time to dig out the Walkman)