audio books in russian

[belacane.livejournal.com]

So I've realized, living here not in Russia я теряю свое знание русского не по дням а по часам (I'm losing my Russian by the hour).

I have a lot of novels and such books which I read, but unless I'm doing a serious amount of workbook type exercises to go along with it, new words don't get into my memory as well as if I'm listening to them.

Does anyone know where I can find audio books in Russian, of novels or short stories that are a native speaker might listen to, but which is not written in a roundabout literary way?

A friend of mine gave me Akunin's Azazel, but the language is of a very embellished and ornate style that feels completely over my head at this point. I've been listening to BBC russian and the programs on webtelek.com when I can, but they're often unreliable and don't work.

If you recommend a book in particular, please at least let me know what it's about, and if you possibly can, where i could find an audio book of it.

спасибо заранее!