And for a book like Quixote which is filled with innumerable diversions, his voice is engaging and entertaining in its telling of the tale. It is good for “short” five-hour bursts of driving through Texas.

Unfortunately I never had the sustained opportunity to drive from Bangor, ME to San Diego, CA (via the Gulf Coast) to get through the whole thing on audio. Besides, I have my limits to what I can listen to in terms of story telling. The recording of Quixote is nearly 40 hours long.

I had to get through most of the book by actually reading it, but as I read I had Mr. Guidall’s voice–or at least his great inflection and intonation of Quixote’s voice–in my head.