The Golden Dream of Carlo Chuchio - Lloyd Alexander Audiobook

Written by Lloyd Alexander
Read by Robert Ramitez
Format: MP3
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

· Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
· Release date: 03-13-08
· Publisher: Recorded Books

After young Carlo Chuchio is dismissed from the service of his merchant uncle for daydreaming too much, he finds a treasure map and plunges headlong into an unimaginable adventure across Asia.

A beautiful Kirkassi girl, cold-eyed villains and smiling killers, a bazaar merchant peddling slightly used dreams—could any young adventurer ask for more? Not Carlo Chuchio, who is seeking hidden treasure on the legendary Road of Golden Dreams.

With Baksheesh, the world’s worst camel-puller, Carlo leads a caravan through the realm of Keshavar. Robbed of all but his underdrawers, mistaken for a mighty warrior and then for a crown prince, Carlo risks his life for a prize that may not even exist.

A reader comment…“I found the reader’s style to be extremely distracting. I suspect that he was trying to deliver ‘drama’ to the dramatic reading, but as a result, each and every sentence was delivered in a tense, anxious style - regardless of the circumstances. The reader’s voice and inflection made every sentence sound like he was in a life-or-death situation, whether he was walking through the market or talking to his uncle.”

This is a new rip from disk. My quarrel with the reader is the overlong pauses through out the book and at chapter breaks, sometime 5 seconds. I put it in Audacity and reduced some of them.