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Bruno, Chief Of Police
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Narrated by:
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Ric Jerrom
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By:
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Martin Walker
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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Performance3 out of 5 stars
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Story2 out of 5 stars
- Anne
- 30-07-2021
Twee
More a story about life in provincial France than a ripping mystery. A too good to be real main character living the idyllic dream is interrupted by the brutal murder of an old immigrant resident. We learn the daily routines and quaint customs, detailed descriptions of many meals and matching wines - quite tedious. It’s easy to forget the actual crime…..
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Story5 out of 5 stars
- Efrosini
- 17-02-2021
Welcome to French cuisine, with extra spice!
Wish I could hop on a plane and be in Bruno's St Denis. The deep scars left by Vichy and Nazi occupation, does not have the power to extinguish human decency and compassion. Love the Mayor's character, wily fox! And the Parisian apparatchik brilliantly drawn! Anyone understand why Pamela is known as "mad Englishwoman?"
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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- Tracy
- 20-11-2018
Accents are soooo important!
I love all the Bruno books - so light, so fun - and when my man and I headed off on a long road trip recently, well, I thought they'd be the perfect books for us to listen too together. This was definitely not the case! The experience was completely spoiled by the narrators accent/s. Why oh why are all these delightful French characters given English accents? It's very off putting! Also, because of the cultural differences, what sounds perfectly reasonable coming out of Bruno's mouth if you picture him French makes him sound like a totally lecherous pretentious git when he has an English accent! I found myself really disliking him!
Whilst I realise the author is English and his experience in France and his knowledge of the war etc are integral to the book (as are the English characters), the narration just doesn't work for me at all.
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Overall2 out of 5 stars
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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Story4 out of 5 stars
- Elizabeth Gutteridge
- 28-11-2016
Badly let down by narration.
What would have made Bruno, Chief Of Police better?
A different narrator! The narrator trivialized the character by gratuitously 'chuckling' Bruno's comments.
What did you like best about this story?
This was an interesting story, with a sense of place, history, and close community. Bruno is an integral part of the community, and his role as a policeman reflects a deep respect for justice in context.
In this first book (of the series) Martin Walker perhaps overpdraws Bruno's heroic 'good guy' qualities, but the character gains depth in subsequent books.
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