I’m often asked how I came to record another author’s book most simply, the answer is voice. I’ve loved his work all my life - “The Dog of the South” is a family favorite, as is “Masters of Atlantis” - though the work closest to me is “True Grit,” which I recorded as an audiobook a number of years ago. And yet almost everything out of his mouth was dry, new and pungently funny. His puzzlement at the 21st-century world in which he found himself was deep and unfeigned. He was blunt and unpretentious, wholly without conceit.
The surprise, if anything, was how closely his personality tallied with his work. It is likely no surprise to readers who love the novels of Charles Portis that everything delightful about his books was delightful about him as a person.
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