Mr. Chartwell
A Novel
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Winston Churchill suffered from bouts of deep depression, which he famously referred to as a big, black dog. Rebecca Hunt takes the reference literally, personifying Mr. Chartwell as a mysterious six-foot talking dog. The novel follows Churchill and Esther, a young widow with a room to let. The only applicant for the room is Mr. Chartwell--who is also known as Black Pat. Thanks to a remarkable performance by Susan Duerden, Hunt's novel is engaging--if not always engrossing. The sections featuring Churchill's encounters with the sentient embodiment of his illness are both well written and flawlessly read, with Duerden offering artful vocal alterations and seamless transitions from character to character. The sections between Esther and Black Pat are less interesting, but Duerden's reading remains top-notch. S.J.H. (c) AudioFile 2011, Portland, Maine
June 27, 2011
Audio buffs looking for something different will find this an original. Depression, in the guise of a black dog who stands over six and a half feet tall in his top hat, arrives in London in the summer of 1964 to lodge at the home of Esther, whose husband killed himself two years earlier. But the hairy, talkative, and slobbering Mr. Chartwell, who prefers to be called "Black Pat," must first tend to Winston Churchill, who is about to retire from politics. Susan Duerden, best-known for her role as Carole Littleton on Lost, provides a wonderful portrayal of Esther, who is both tempted by and afraid of Mr. Chartwell. Unfortunately, Duerden's characterizations of Black Pat and Churchill are less successful: she gives Black Pat a hardly foreboding purr, and cannot master Churchill's distinctive voice. A Dial hardcover.
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