Funeral in Berlin

I was hooked from the get-go. Lailey's narration is a revelation, his ability to shift between accents and tones making each character distinct. The story moves at a cracking pace, each reveal more unexpected than the last. Deighton's prose is lean and mean, wasting no words in building a vivid, claustrophobic world. My only critique? I wish we'd gotten more of the hero's inner thoughts. But that's a small quibble in an otherwise outstanding listen. The production is top-notch, with sound effects used sparingly but effectively to enhance the atmosphere.