CASE STUDY

Graeme Rooney and Serena Manteghi deliver engrossing performances of characters who become increasingly unreliable. During the 1960s Collins Braithwaite was a rising star in the world of psychotherapy. He published a single book, which launched him into the elite status of a public intellectual, despite his questionable treatment methods. After his death, an untouched series of his journal entries is delivered to an expert, who publishes them. Mangteghi handles the bulk of the audiobook, including portraying a young woman who assumed an alternate identity, posed as a patient, and infiltrated Braithwaite's practice. Graeme's portrayal of the Braithwaite expert who provides commentary throughout unbalances the listener even more. Both performances are cerebral and intriguing as they illuminate these slippery characters. S.P.C. © AudioFile 2023, Portland, Maine [Published: FEBRUARY 2023]