I am the Messenger by Markus ZusakRead by Marc Aden Gray
Publisher: Listening Library 2006
7 CDs approx. 9 hrs
I'm really getting the hang of listening to audio books. And of course, listening to a very, very sexy Aussie telling me a story is a big bonus. But aside from the adorable vernacular, I am the Messenger is a thoughtful tale of what it means to be extraordinary.
Ed Kennedy is your typical small town nobody. Living in a run down shack not far from where he grew up and working a go nowhere job as a taxi driver, Ed doesn't have much more ambition in life then to play cards with his friends and keep the love he feels for his best friend Audrey hidden from her. That is until Ed unwittingly stops a bank robbery and becomes the hero in town. Soon after, he starts receiving strange messages written on playing cards that direct him to people or situations that need his attention, whether that be to lend a helping hand or fist. The novel comes to a dramatic close as Ed searches for the meaning behind the messages and who sent them in the first place.
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