Unabridged audiobook on 9 compact discs.

Amazon Editorial Review:

"Eleanor Merritt, a do-gooding American family-planning worker, was drawn to Kenya to improve the lot of the poor. Unnervingly, she finds herself falling in love with the beguiling Calvin Piper despite, or perhaps because of, his misanthropic theories about population control and the future of the human race. Surely, Calvin whispers seductively in Eleanor’s ear, if the poor are a responsibility they are also an imposition. Set against the vivid backdrop of shambolic modern-day Africa – a continent now primarily populated with wildlife of the two-legged sort – Lionel Shriver’s Game Control is a wry, grimly comic tale of bad ideas and good intentions. With a deft, droll touch, Shriver highlights the hypocrisy of lofty intellectuals who would “save” humanity but who don’t like people." “Shriver steers her plot through some truly outrageous arguments. But her work is all the more valuable for its flagrant defiance of political correctness...The controversy that consumes [the story] is compelling.” – The Times (London) “A sardonic, sexy, salutary novel about, of all things, population control.” – New Scientist

This audiobook was not my cup of tea! I almost gave up on it several times. The two main characters of Eleanor Merritt and Calvin Piper were unlikable. Eleanor is a spineless people pleaser who falls for Calvin Piper, an arrogant, self-centered, narcissist who cares about no one. All Calvin cares about is demographics and how to kill off 2 billion of the world's people. Somehow or another Eleanor starts taking on Calvin's attributes and starts taking on his negative world views. I simply had a difficult time reading about their personal and professional lives and how messed up they were.

This is my 8th read of 2014.

Here's a link to my blog review of Game Control!

Mailed of this audiobook as part of a RABCK!! Happy reading!!

That was fast! This came in the mail today. Thanks so much for sending. I'm looking forward to listening to it soon.

I no longer have any CD players, so will pass this on.

Left in a pretty LFL on Main Street. Enjoy!