From: grammatim@verizon.net   
      
   On Wednesday, March 9, 2016 at 2:36:47 PM UTC-5, Phil Kane wrote:   
      
   > Last week my wife who is an avid audiobook listener borrowed  "The   
   > Taking of Pelham 123" from our local library.  I hadn't heard it since   
   > the book itself came out in the 1970s and was read on a local NPR   
   > station.  I couldn't help comparing it to the film version which I   
   > have always regarded as the "gold standard".  My opinion hasn't   
   > changed - the film adaptation was much better.   
      
   That's also true of every movie made of an Agatha Christie story. (I do not   
   refer to TV series built around her detective characters.)   
      
   > A brief run-through of Amazon and eBay shows that a new copy of that   
   > audiobook is being offered for $165   (no, that's not a misprint) but   
   > used copies that are library surplus can be had for about $10   
   > including shipping.  I'm sorely tempted to add it to my collection.   
      
   Enjoy!   
      
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