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Article: The Bartimaeus Trilogy: Book Two, The Golem's Eye.(Brief Article)(Audiobook Review)

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THE BARTIMAEUS TRILOGY: BOOK TWO, THE GOLEM'S EYE. Jonathan Stroud. 2004. Read by Simon Jones. 10 tapes. 16.5 hrs. Listening Library. 0-80721979-7. $65.00. Cardboard; plot, author, reader notes. JSA

This second volume of the Bartimaeus Trilogy is as delightful as the first installment (The Amulet of Samarkand, reviewed in KLIATT, March 2004). Bartimaeus is a 5000-year-old demon who is summoned into our world (i.e., what our world would be like if it were ruled by magicians who could summon demons to do their bidding). Bartimaeus is a cheeky but astute observer of humans and the chapters that are narrated by him are the best ones since he always includes ...

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