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A Night of Blacker Darkness

Being the Memoir of Frederick Whithers As Edited by Cecil G. Bagsworth III

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A Night of Blacker Darkness

By: Dan Wells
Narrated by: Sean Barrett
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No one else has Dan Wells’ hilarious new novella - it’s not available in print, in ebook, by mobile phone text or Victorian phonograph. Audible is bringing it to you exclusively, for a limited time.

The basic premise is this: it's 1817, and a man named Frederick Whithers is wallowing in jail for a crime he didn't commit, desperate to get out so he can go and commit it for real. He fakes his own death and escapes in a coffin, but when he gets to the graveyard and crawls out of the coffin, somebody sees him and assumes he's a vampire. It's pretty much all downhill from there. Frederick spends the rest of the book doing everything he can to steal a massive inheritance from a dead man, all the while running from constables, vampire hunters, ghouls, poets, proper young ladies, highly improper young ladies, morticians, mysterious figures, and the most pathetic collection of vampires to ever disgrace a work of fiction.

The book is Extremely Silly: imagine a horror story, as written by Monty Python, in the style of the old screwball comedies like The Producers, What's Up Doc?, and Some Like it Hot, and then imagine that for some reason it's also in the style of a Victorian frame story starring John Keats and presented by a fake historian. A delightfully funny novel full of witty dialogue brought to life by the narrative voice talents of Sean Barrett.

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I loved this listen. Dan Wells has produced a traditional gothic, vampire storyline with modern twists and innuendos in this book. Vampires are supposed to be scary but not in this book. The protagonists come to life with the voices of the talented Sean Barrett and his amazing range of well developed characters. Each of which are truly inept and incapable of getting anything right.
The book moves at a fast pace with several famous historical figures of literature joining the adventures of the hapless Frederick Withers. A man who is trying to clear his name and secure a "dodgy inheritance".
This is a daft tale with a surprising ending. Anyone who has listened to Bleak Expectations will love the wit and clever turns in this enjoyable listen.

A Daft, Gothic Tale.

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A silly, jolly gothic romp. Both I and my sister really enjoyed this piece of well plotted and beautifully narrated fun. Its not going to keep you up at night with its deep questions on the reality of exsistence but it will make you laugh.

A night of utter Joy

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If you’re the kind of person who sees the story unfold in your mind as it’s read then you will appreciate the very visual humour of this book, some of the action descriptions made me laugh out loud - in public - (in particular the vampires walking on their knees falling into an open grave).

With a full cast of criminals, vampires, undertakers, body snatchers, bankers, vampire hunters and poets, and the female characters every bit as scheming and dark as the male, I found this the most enjoyable book I’ve listened to, or read, for a long time. There’s a lot of entertaining nonsense with coffins and bodies being moved around, dubious rhyming from John Keats and the most wonderfully pathetic vampires ever.

The reading is superb and the ‘voices’ of each character absolutely perfect (don’t be put off by the introduction!). I’ve listened to this three times already and this will definitely join my ‘favourite books to listen to when I want a laugh’ collection.

Completely wonderfully silly and brilliantly read.

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I loved this book. I got it in one of audible's sale that make by bank balance go pale.

Considering how short it is there's a hell of allot going on in this book, lots of twists, turns and wit all the way. It's like a darker P.G. Wodehouse sometimes, and other times it's just unique. Vampires, crooks and idiots, it's wonderful.

I highly recommend it, the blurb also says it's only here for a limited time so get it now while you still can.

Witty and perfect little book

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This is what I love best about Audible. It brings me together with books I would not normally have heard of or would ever try. I loved this book from start to finish. The characters are extremely well written and the way they interact with each other just made me laugh out loud. The story is like the description said, extremely silly but exceptionally funny. Will definitely be listening to this again and again.

Fantastic

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