Jim Dale, the narrator for the American editions of the Harry Potter audio book, can keep a secret too. In a recent
interview with the
New York Times, Dale talks a little bit about
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. While he does not and will not discuss specific plot details, he does contribute that "It [has a] surprise ending."
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But after spending eight years creating more than 200 voices for all the characters in the “Harry Potter” books, Mr. Dale really believes that readers — and listeners — should discover the end for themselves.
“For those people who say, ‘C’mon, Jim, how does it end?,’ it’s like parents who say: ‘There’s a surprise gift for you in the next room. It’s a bicycle,’ ” said Mr. Dale, whose apartment could easily make a Hogwarts professor feel at home with its eclectic collections of Victorian cake decorations, pewter plates and Persian swords. “Let the child find out for himself by opening this gift.”
Dale also recorded 18 to 20 pages an hour for the new audio book, but he received the manuscript only a few days beforehand.
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That makes it impossible for me to actually read it before recording it. I don't ever know how the book is going to end so I can’t unconsciously lead you in the direction that the book is going. I don’t know who the villain is because I am just reading 100 pages at a time.
The audio book is available on July 21, 2007.
Thanks to
HPFZ and
HPANA.