Postal

Product Description Meet Cal From Publishers Weekly Lowe's debut novel takes off from the term "going postal," which has become synonymous with violent public massacres committed by angry gun-toting civil servants. Calvin Beach, a mail sorter working in Arizona, is a troubled Vietnam veteran. He's diabetic, overweight, impotent and wears sunglasses indoors because he's sensitive to light. At work, he's a loner with few friends. At home, he likes to write letters to his dead parents, explaining his twisted reality. Mostly, he's angryAat unwed welfare mothers, immigrants, retirees, anyone receiving government benefits. His response is to build mail bombs. Soon, he's pitted against two brave postal inspectors, Victor Kazy, an idealistic ex-schoolteacher, and Maria Castillo, a seasoned pro. When they pick up Calvin's trail, he kidnaps Maria. Only Victor can save her. The reading is performed by the renowned Muller, one of spoken audio's true pros. He's able to affect the psychotic creeping paranoia behind Calvin's reasoning sympathetically, bringing a poignancy to this otherwise nasty fantasy. Based on the 1996 Write Way book, Going Postal. (Sept.) Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. Review "A class performance, powerful and accomplished...mystery at its best." --Clive Cussler"A page turner. Read this one, and dropping a letter in the mailbox will never be the same" --John Lutz From the Author This audiobook is in legal limbo. As author, I am not being paid. I urge you to purchase the ebook version instead, titled "Postmarked for Death." The original publisher sold to Dove Audio when they went out of business. Dove was then sued in unrelated proceedings. (See LA Times) I asked them to relinquish rights, and they haven't responded. I have asked Amazon to delete this title. I don't know where the royalties are for anyone purchasing this. I have never seen any. About the Author TowerReview dot com From AudioFile Here's a performance that improves the book it's based on. In this suspenseful page-turner, the point of view shifts back and forth between a cagey, homicidal postal clerk and his pursuers. An intriguing plot is marred by mediocre writing, but the flaws become inconsequential in Frank Muller's performance. He rounds out the two-dimensional characters and never lets the tension flag. Muller (a narrator whose voice alone commands attention) could easily coast and still grip listeners. However, he refuses to do it the easy way as is amply--and rewardingly--evident here. Y.R. Winner of AUDIOFILE Earphones Award. (c) AudioFile, Portland, Maine