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Title: Genious book, poor narrative
Review: What can I say? I loved the book! It is easily the best one I have read in a long, long time.The audio version, however, disapointed me. I thought Jim Dale simply wasn't all that great. Being a Brit living in the United States, I told the folks back home this and they immediately sent me the Brit version of the audio tape (the Philosopher's stone, read by Stephen Fry) -- it was absolutely fantastic.Stephen Fry really did capture my imagination and really make me believe that Harry could be captured outside the pages of the novel.I beg you, if you can, to get hold of the Brit version (perhaps amazon.co.uk sell it?) and listen to that rather than the inferior US one (still read by a Brit). You won't be sorry you did.Anyway, let's all raise glasses to one of the greatest childrens books of all time!
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