Literature -- 3 1/2 stars
Audiobook Narration -- 5 stars
Book: A Cambridge medical student, an organist who thinks music can heal, and a nursing care assistant. Oscar Lowe is walking home from work when he hears the sound of a church organ and it draws him into Kings College chapel. There he meets Iris Bellwether and her brother Eden. Soon the middle class Oscar is invited into the Bellwether's world of life and privilege where he is introduced to the disturbing experiments of Eden Bellwether, who believes music, specifically his organ music, can cure illness. Can he? ----- An interesting, if unexciting, story that moves at a stately pace. If this were a movie, there would be a low-toned, ominous hum running continuously in the background. While Oscar, Iris, and Eden are central to the story, two of the most sympathetic characters are friends of Oscar's who exist outside the Bellwether enclave, and who may or may not be saved. It is their "outside" energy that pushes the story forward. But then, every story needs someone to cheer for.
Narration: Ralph Lister reads in an easy and relaxed style that fits the author's writing. His character delineations are clear, his story telling clean. His narration emphasizes how a story that should be fraught with tension moves in a safe little bubble, protected from the world where the rest of us live.
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