The actor, who reads a portion of Jules Verne’s novel in “All the Light We Cannot See,” has now recorded the entire audiobook.

Audiobook narrators Ayoola Smart and Ben Seymour play it bone-dry. The characters strain to find joy in life, and so too does the listener.

The “Star Trek” actor’s memoir is carefully judged, richly detailed, often very funny, and — as one would hope — captivatingly performed.

This audiobook does indeed convey the sensation of being jammed inside an ailing sperm whale. If only it unfolded in real time.