The Ordeal of Gilbert Pinfold
| Author: | Evelyn Waugh |
| Narrator: | Michael Cochrane |
| Publisher: | CSA Word |
| Category: | Fiction |
| Language: | English |
| Length: | 4h 59m (unabridged) |
| Format: | MP3 Audio Format, 128kbps |
| Filesize: | 286.6MB (4 files) |
| Download Price: | $17.71 |
| Sample: | Download Sample (960kB) |
Based on a true episode, this sharply comical novel and Waugh's own biography are entangled in a richly fascinating way. The Ordeal of Gibert Pinfold - A Conservation Piece recounts a period of mental confusion and breakdown in the life of Gilbert Pinfold, an established novelist of mature years. Prone to moments of paranoia and memory-loss, he attempts to sure himself by going on a cruise to the tropics. But an active imagination means peace of mind becomes an increasinglt illusory destination.
Michael Cochrane is a well-known television and radio actor with over 1000 broadcasts to date. For BBC Radio 4 he has read Alan Clark's Diaries and he plays Oliver Sterling in The Archers. He narrates Gilbert Pinfold's extraordinary journey with great style and llumination, bringing to splended life many colourful characters alon the way.
