Michael Bergin Audiobooks

The Other Man: a memoir carried by Eric A. Altheide's unhurried reading

1 audiobook reviewed

★ 4.5/5 average

513 listener ratings

Who is Michael Bergin?

The Other Man is shelved with memoir, and that is the frame that matters most when deciding whether it is for you. Personal testimony of this kind lives or dies on candour, and the reception this recording has found suggests listeners felt they were being told something true.

Michael Bergin’s name reaches this page through that account rather than through a body of fiction, and we would rather point you towards the book than assemble a life from sources we cannot verify. Memoir is, after all, its own biography.

Several hundred listeners have rated the recording and the score has settled around four and a half stars, a strong result for a first-person account and a fair indication that the voice on the page holds up.

Michael Bergin in audiobooks

Eric A. Altheide narrates, and pairing a memoir with a reader other than its author is worth flagging: it turns confession into performance. The performance here is measured rather than showy, which suits the material.

At around seven hours the recording is a straightforward proposition, roughly a weekend of listening or a couple of decent journeys. Anyone who gravitates towards personal accounts of complicated relationships will find it an easy recommendation.

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