Audio Books

BIG TROUBLE
By Dave Barry
Read by Dick Hill
Nova Audiobooks (a division of Brilliance Corp.)
3 hours (abridged), $17.95
ISBN 1-56740-864-8
Humor columnist Dave Barry successfully crosses over to fiction in this entertaining, tongue-in-cheek mystery novel. The large cast includes several teenagers involved in a game called Killer, in which they must ambush each other with squirt guns. Other characters include two hit men out to kill the embezzling stepfather of one of the teenagers; a Russian barkeeper who smuggles weapons on the side; an amiable homeless drifter; and several thugs. The various plot lines tie together nicely in a fast-paced story, and narrator Dick Hill does a good job at voicing the various characters. He does an especially good job with teenager Matt, to whom he gives an appropriately squeaky, awkward-adolescent tone; and with Eddy and Snake, two thugs right out of central casting.

THE 250 JOB INTERVIEW QUESTIONS YOU'LL MOST LIKELY BE ASKED . . . AND THE
ANSWERS THAT WILL GET YOU HIRED
By Peter Veruki
Read by Peter Veruki, Nona Pipes, and Ken Kliban
Listen & Live Audio
3 hours (abridged), $16.95
ISBN 1-885408-32-3
This useful program advises job hunters to think long and hard about how they present themselves in interviews. Veruki breaks down the interview into 12 major parts and tells interviewees what points they should get across with each question. Some sample questions focus on why you enjoy working in the industry you're trying to get a job in, why you want to work for the company you're interviewing with, your strengths and talents, and what you want out of the job. Most importantly, interviewees should be specific, giving concrete examples of their accomplishments whenever possible. Veruki's narration is clear and straightforward and fits the tape's informative tone. Although most people listen to audiobooks in the car, this program might best be listened to at home so that listeners can take notes and pause the tape repeatedly to jot down their own answers to Veruki's questions.