Matt Bomer has lent his voice to a new audiobook edition of Hanya Yanagihara’s A Little Life, Penguin Random House Audio announced in a news release.
Yanagihara’s novel, published in 2015 by Doubleday, follows four college classmates living in New York whose lives are affected by the past trauma of one of them. The book won the Kirkus Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Booker Prize; in a starred review of the book, a critic for Kirkus wrote, “The phrase ‘tour de force’ could have been invented for this audacious novel.”
Bomer, known for his roles in the Broadway shows 8 and The Boys in the Band and on the television series White Collar, said in a statement, “I was truly, deeply moved to be asked to read Hanya’s brilliant, heartbreaking, and timeless novel. It’s a book that I’ve been fascinated with since I first heard about it, and having the opportunity to bring these characters to life was both a profound responsibility for me and a chance to fall in love with her work all over again.”
Yanagihara said, “It’s a dream to have Matt Bomer—an actor of great generosity, beauty, and depth—as the new voice of the A Little Life audiobook. New listeners will get to experience the book as I’d always hoped; repeat ones will, I think, find new dimensions thanks to Matt’s subtlety and skill.”
A previous audiobook version of A Little Life was narrated by actor Oliver Wyman. Bomer’s version of the audiobook is scheduled for release on Feb. 4.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
