SO MUCH BLUE

Kevin Pace is a 56-year-old artist working on a "private" canvas, 12 feet by 21 feet (and 3 inches), covered only in shades of blue, that may never be shown. It may, or may not, be his masterpiece. Patrick Lawlor narrates three life-defining periods in Kevin's life in an unemotional delivery, making this audiobook a challenging listening experience. The story's parts move from Paris, where Kevin had an affair 10 years earlier, to 1979, when he and a friend went to El Salvador to find a missing brother, to his current home, where he must come to terms with the consequences of his life of secrets. The chapters meander back and forth in time and place with no clear connections, and Lawlor's dispassionate delivery demands full listener attention. N.E.M. © AudioFile 2017, Portland, Maine [Published: JULY 2017]