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"...
scores a direct, often hilarious, hit on the self-important
stuffiness of the espionage business ..."
Listeners will love Alby Murdoch, photographer and secret
agent for D.E.D., the Directorate for Extra-territorial
Defence, an intelligence-gathering unit of the Australian
government. Peter Hosking's performance creates an Alby
who's a "dedhead" on a mission, escaping assassination
attempts by the seat of his pants and commenting snidely on
bureaucrats, love, and life while dodging exploding luggage
and menacing gunmen. Hosking's portrayal of Alby offers
listeners a wry sense of reality and a photographer's eye
for beauty (McGeachin teaches photography in Sydney) as he
travels from Melbourne to Sydney to Bali to Australia's
Outback. Not quite as bumbling as Maxwell Smart or as
urbane as James Bond, Hosking's Alby scores a direct, often
hilarious, hit on the self-important stuffiness of the
espionage business.
S.J.H. © AudioFile 2007, Portland, Maine.
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