A TOWN LIKE ALICE by Nevil Shute (1950)

Read by . . : Robin Bailey
Publisher . : Chivers Audio Books (Sep 1988) (Chivers bought by BBC Audiobooks)
ISBN . . .  : ISBN-10: 0745162738; ISBN-13: 978-0745162737
Format . . .: MP3. 23 tracks, 330 MB.
Bitrate . . : ~70 kbps (cassette > CD > iTunes 8, VBR, mono)
Source. . . : 8 audio cassettes (10hrs 18 mins, only published on tape) 
Genre . . . : Adventure, sociological, Australian, War, Romance, Fiction...
Unabridged .: Ay, mate.

I converted a library copy of this recording (only published on cassette) to MP3.
From audio cassette (Nakamichi Dragon) to CD (Pioneer PDR-555RW) to MP3 (iTunes 8)
Dolby NR was NOT used. You can post-process to your liking.
The recording shows some of the limitations of the source material.


The book is a classic favorite, and one my favorite books to listen to. 
Superb reading by Robin Bailey.
   (Robin Bailey will forever BE Noel Strachan for me.)

Cheers, FerraBit
February 2009

Links: 
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Town_Like_Alice
http://www.nevilshute.org 
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From Wiki:
   A Town Like Alice (U.S. title: The Legacy) is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. It tells the story of Jean Paget; as a prisoner of war in Malaya during World War II and then her return to Malaya after the war where she discovers something that leads her on the search for romance and to a small outback community in Australia where she sets out to turn it into 'a town like Alice'. It was first published in 1950 when Shute had newly settled in Australia. The "Alice" in the title refers to Alice Springs, Australia.

Jean Paget, Joe Harman, Noel Strachan