Adrian Gill

I approached this audiobook with caution. First, because it’s A. A. Gill, and all things A. A. Gill should be approached with caution. Second, because it’s an audiobook and is read by Bill Nighy, who to me seems to be Bill Nighy in pretty much everything he plays and does. Totally wrong! Bill Nighy is the prefect narrator for these vignettes on whatever whimsical or otherwise fancy Gill wishes to talk about at the time. It’s the second book of his journalism and covers a lot of ground: Fishing, Goodwood, Barbecues, Motorways, and The Shipping Forecast come under his microscope and his well-travelled eye roves over Jordan, Kuala Lumpar, Haiti, Japan, Mozambique, Puglia, and even to his, now closed, place of worship, El Bulli. It’s always entertaining and quite brilliant in parts. This is perfect commuter listening - stand-alone commentary with a view – and what a view it often is. If you are no longer commuting much, then just listen to this instead and feel pleased with yourself.… (meer)