Desmond is disillusioned. A coach driver, recently separated from his wife after telling her about the child he’s never met, the product of a brief fling with a client 11 years ago. With nothing left to lose Desmond takes the coach on a detour through England to track the boy down.

Driving in the dark is a fairly short novel, told in the first person, Desmond shares his discontent, and sometimes his self loathing. A quiet, Everyman sort of tale, in which I suppose Desmond is the hero, but the side characters he picks up along the way actually steal the show.

I enjoyed the narration on this title, it felt appropriate for the story and the characters.

I note that the title is several years old, and I assume is being newly audiofied, I love this we need more recordings of older titles, but I did wonder if it may have had slightly more impact on me had I read it on its original release. I feel there have been a lot of Desmond like characters in the years in between.


My gratitude to Bolinda Audio via NetGalley for the opportunity to review this ALC 🎧