Druyan Byrne

The Definitive ‘Exorcist’

Revisado: 10-16-23

I read the book when it came out (I was 12), and when I heard that Blatty published a revised version, I was curious to see the changes, since the original was such a fabulous work already. I was worried that the author would not be the best narrator, but I was so happy to be wrong! Blatty was not only one of the best authors I have heard reading their own work, but he is one of the best narrators I have ever heard for any book! There is no actor who could have done a better job, because the words came directly from their origin—the brain that invented the words and the characters, and he was able to capture them all perfectly… including the demon itself. I love the film as well, but a film is like a short, abridged version of the story compared to the depth and breadth of the novel, and we learn so much more about our the characters and their struggles in this updated version.
Highly recommended.

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Required reading for every citizen...

Revisado: 09-09-23

I have had the chance to meet several wrongfully convicted people who had never thought it would be possible in our justice system--until it happened to them. It is more possible you may think. Please read this book to understand how and to help prevent it in the future.

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Fabulous in every way

Revisado: 08-08-23

The performances, writing, audio production, direction... all the epitome of what audio storytelling can be

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Finally the mystery solved…

Revisado: 05-13-23

I remember the news snippets and rumors of a cover-up about Past My Bedtime, but I thought it was mostly exaggeration and urban legend. It’s good to have such a deeply investigated documentary finally get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of Donny.

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Finally the mystery solved…

Revisado: 05-13-23

I remember the news snippets and rumors of a cover-up about Past My Bedtime, but I thought it was mostly exaggeration and urban legend. It’s good to have such a deeply investigated documentary finally get to the bottom of the mysterious disappearance of Donny.

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Required Listening for Every Citizen

Revisado: 05-08-23

Every one of us needs to know how our justice system is broken and what about it needs to be fixed. This podcast explains how one major disfunction of our system results in injustice and wrongful convictions.

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You need to know this…

Revisado: 09-07-22

If you will ever be on a jury, if you or anyone you know are ever questioned by police, or when you are called upon to vote for policies and officials who influence the judicial system, you need the knowledge contained in this book.

In other words—you… you need to know this.

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Flawlessly performed…

Revisado: 03-23-22

One of the beautiful things ever written… poignant, profound, poetic, bittersweet… a lovely melancholy… an epic in miniature.

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Take a visit on the Metro…

Revisado: 03-13-22

A few years after this book was published, I smuggled myself into the Soviet Union, bypassing the watchful eyes of Intourist and the government, and wandered illegally through that ‘riddle wrapped in a mystery wrapped in an enigma’.

It was one of the most dangerous, wonderful, difficult, and bittersweet adventures of my life. There is no way for any foreigner to describe the spirit, complexities, strength, frustrations, and infinite paradoxes that were and are the Soviet Russians that I came to love so dearly… but this book made me feel back at home with them, as only a Russian could write.

While the tale may seem fanciful and fantastic, I can assure you that this wonderful story captures a reality of life in what was a most strange place, and a most complex culture…

You have not stepped through the looking-glass, you have just traveled to the USSR…

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Excellent...

Revisado: 05-29-21

Well written, and well executed. The story unfolds in a very imaginative way... well crafted.

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