D: A Tale of Two Worlds
by Michel Faber (Hanover Square Press, 2020); audiobook read by Isabel Adomakoh Young (Penguin Audio, 2020)
D makes an immediate impact combining the narrative voice of an inquisitive outsider with a surreal, allegory-laden core concept. Unfortunately, the transition from one world to another sees a diminishing of both, the story becoming a whimsical quest fantasy without great purpose.
