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The Life and Loves of a She Devil
- By: Fay Weldon
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall18
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Performance17
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Story17
Ruth Patchett never thought of herself as particularly devilish. Rather the opposite in fact - simply a tall, not terribly attractive woman living a quiet life as a wife and mother in a respectable suburb. But when she discovers that her husband is having a passionate affair with the lovely romantic novelist Mary Fisher, she is so seized by envy that she becomes truly diabolic. Within weeks she has burnt down the family home, collected the insurance, made love to the local drunk and embarked on a course of destruction and revenge.
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Darkly delicious
- By Mrs C Chambers on 03-05-20
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The Life and Loves of a She Devil
- Narrated by: Gemma Dawson
- Length: 8 hrs and 6 mins
- Release date: 04-06-19
- Language: English
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The Small Hours
- By: Susie Boyt
- Narrated by: Siân Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall9
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Performance8
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Story8
Harriet Goodman, brave, wry and handsome, is determined to triumph no matter what. With a decade of therapy under her belt and a new large inheritance, it seems there is nothing she cannot achieve. When she finds herself in charge of a school full of precocious little girls, rich in everything but care, she vows to make their childhoods amongst the happiest ever spent.
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What's a great character like you...
- By Judy Corstjens on 14-02-15
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The Small Hours
- Narrated by: Siân Thomas
- Length: 6 hrs and 49 mins
- Release date: 09-11-12
- Language: English
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Dinner at the Night Library
- The perfect next comfort read for lovers of Japanese fiction
- By: Hika Harada, Philip Gabriel - translator
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall6
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Performance6
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Story6
For fans of What You Are Looking For is in the Library and Days at the Morisaki Bookshop Translated by Philip Gabriel, the translator of IQ84 and The Travelling Cat Chronicles The Night Library is no ordinary library. Within it are found the rarest and most unusual collections – the books of...
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Dinner at the Night Library
- The perfect next comfort read for lovers of Japanese fiction
- Narrated by: Cindy Kay
- Length: 7 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 18-09-25
- Language: English
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Umbrella
- By: Will Self
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall77
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Performance48
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Story48
Could modernity be an illness? Umbrella follows the story of Audrey Dearth, who fell victim to the encephalitis lethargic sleeping sickness epidemic at the end of the First World War and has been in a coma ever since. Arriving at the asylum she still lingers in, maverick psychiatrist Zack Busner becomes involved in an attempt to bring her back to life - with wholly unforeseen consequences.
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Just Perfect
- By woodwild on 04-12-12
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Umbrella
- Narrated by: Mike Grady
- Length: 15 hrs and 58 mins
- Release date: 11-10-12
- Language: English
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The Tree of Man
- By: Patrick White
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 22 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance12
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Story12
An extraordinary story about a couple’s experience of moving into the remote Australian wilderness. Stan Parker, with only a horse and a dog for company, journeys to a remote patch of land he has inherited in the Australian hills. Once the land is cleared and a rudimentary house built, he brings his wife, Amy, to the wilderness. Together they face lives of joy and sorrow as they struggle against the environment.
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Very well read. A masterpiece
- By Mimi Roberts on 12-04-25
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The Tree of Man
- Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
- Length: 22 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 05-09-19
- Language: English
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Holding the Man
- By: Timothy Conigrave
- Narrated by: Stephen Phillips
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall151
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Performance134
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Story134
The mid-'70s: at an all-boys Catholic school in Melbourne, Timothy Conigrave falls wildly and sweetly in love with the captain of the football team. So begins a relationship that weathers disapproval, separation and ultimately death. With honesty and insight, Holding the Man explores the highs and lows of any partnership and the strength of heart both men have to find when they test positive for HIV. This is a book as refreshing and uplifting as it is moving - a funny and sad and celebratory account of growing up gay.
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Have the tissues at the ready
- By Andy Hall on 04-11-19
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Holding the Man
- Narrated by: Stephen Phillips
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 31-05-16
- Language: English
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall70
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Performance67
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Story67
Isabel Dalhousie thinks often of friends, sometimes of lovers, and on occasion of chocolate. As an Edinburgh philosopher, she is certain of where she stands. She can review a book called In Praise of Sin with panache and conviction, but real life is...well, perhaps a bit more challenging....
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3rd in Isobel Dalhousie series
- By Alison on 02-01-17
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Friends, Lovers, Chocolate
- Narrated by: Davina Porter
- Series: Isabel Dalhousie Series, Book 2
- Length: 8 hrs and 18 mins
- Release date: 16-04-15
- Language: English
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Rain
- By: Barney Campbell
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall48
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Performance44
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Story44
ONE OF THE EVENING STANDARD'S BOOKS OF THE YEAR 2015 Barney Campbell's Rain is a searingly powerful début that reads like a British Matterhorn ******** Penguin presents the unabridged, downloadable, audiobook edition of Rain by Barney Campbell, read by Mark Meadows. 'Corporal Thomas (my acting...
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Pretty real
- By Charlie Suku on 02-10-19
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Rain
- Narrated by: Mark Meadows
- Length: 10 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 30-07-15
- Language: English
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Staked
- By: Kevin Hearne
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall439
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Performance403
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Story400
Iron Druid Atticus O'Sullivan, hero of Kevin Hearne's epic New York Times best-selling urban fantasy series, has a point to make - and then drive into a vampire's heart. When a druid has lived for 2,000 years like Atticus, he's bound to run afoul of a few vampires. Make that legions of them. Even his former friend and legal counsel turned out to be a bloodsucking backstabber. Now the toothy troublemakers - led by power-mad Theophilus - have become a huge problem requiring a solution.
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Vampires, gravey and bath time stories
- By mr walker on 28-02-16
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Staked
- Narrated by: Christopher Ragland
- Series: Iron Druid Chronicles, Book 8
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 26-01-16
- Language: English
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Snowdrops
- By: A. D. Miller
- Narrated by: Kevin Howarth
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall207
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Performance78
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Story77
A riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a thirty-something Englishman’s moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia: a land of hedonism and desperation, corruption and kindness, magical dachas and debauched nightclubs: a place where secrets - and corpses - come to light only when the deep snows start to thaw...
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Disappointing and a bit dreary
- By LilyRose on 08-11-11
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Snowdrops
- Narrated by: Kevin Howarth
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 14-03-11
- Language: English
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The Family
- By: Kay Brellend
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall33
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Performance29
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Story29
The follow-up novel to the hugely successful debut, The Street. In this dank corner of town, you have to keep your friends close and your enemies closer – even if those enemies are your family. Jimmy Wild saunters around the streets of Campbell Road, and among the people he used to terrorise. Even though the years have passed, he’s still a tyrant. The sight of his lanky frame is enough to terrify the inhabitants of this close-knit community, who reside in this villainous corner of London.
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Loved it !
- By Janet on 24-02-15
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The Family
- Narrated by: Penelope McDonald
- Series: Campbell Road, Book 2
- Length: 10 hrs and 19 mins
- Release date: 23-01-12
- Language: English
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Outcast of Redwall
- By: Brian Jacques
- Narrated by: Brian Jacques, full cast
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall34
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Performance25
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Story25
Embroiled in a continuing struggle with his nemesis Sunflash the Mace, evil ferret warlord Swartt Sixclaw abandons his son. Taken in by the kindly folk of Redwall Abbey, the youngster is named Veil and raised in the hope he will become good. But Veil commits an unforgivable crime and is banished forever. So when Swartt goes on a rampage, Veil must make a choice. He can either fight for the father who orphaned him, or for those who raised him well—but ultimately turned him away.
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Reliving a classic
- By Rio Collins on 17-05-22
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Outcast of Redwall
- Narrated by: Brian Jacques, full cast
- Series: Redwall, Book 8
- Length: 11 hrs and 15 mins
- Release date: 24-10-08
- Language: English
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Brother and Sister
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Lindsay Duncan
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance30
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Story29
We all need to know where we come from, where we belong. But for David and Nathalie, this need to know is even more urgent, since they are adopted. Brought up by the same parents but born to two different mothers, they have grown up as brother and sister, and share a fierce loyalty.Their decision, in their late thirties, to embark upon the journey to find their birth mothers is no straightforward matter.
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A tender story looking at adoption from many points of view
- By CarDon on 12-06-23
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Brother and Sister
- Narrated by: Lindsay Duncan
- Length: 9 hrs and 10 mins
- Release date: 10-01-12
- Language: English
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools
- By: Victoria Twead
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall253
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Performance235
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Story233
If Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía would really be like, they might have hesitated. They can have no idea of the culture shock in store for them...no idea they'll become reluctant chicken farmers and own the most dangerous cockerel in Spain...no idea they'll help capture a vulture and be rescued by a mule. Will they stay, or will they return to the relative sanity of England?
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FANTASTIC!!
- By Anonymous on 02-03-23
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Old Fools, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 21-06-18
- Language: English
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Burnt Island
- The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 3
- By: Kate Rhodes
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
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Overall353
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Performance322
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Story319
THE ISLES OF SCILLY MYSTERIES #3 The third instalment in a gripping and atmospheric crime series set on a small island where there is no escape . . . ‘Gripping, clever and impossible to put down' Erin Kelly INTRUDERS HERE ARE BOUND TO DIE . . . As the sun sets on a cold November evening, the...
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Starting to get just a little repetitive.
- By Kate Holmes on 02-12-19
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Burnt Island
- The Isles of Scilly Mysteries: 3
- Narrated by: Stephen Perring
- Series: The Isles of Scilly Mysteries, Book 3
- Length: 7 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 28-11-19
- Language: English
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Night Train to Lisbon
- By: Pascal Mercier
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall61
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Performance54
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Story54
Raimund Gregorious - Mundus, as his students affectionately call him - is a predictable character. A bookish Latin professor, well-respected but perhaps a little boring. One stormy morning, he encounters a beautiful, distraught Portuguese woman in a red leather coat... Later that day Raimund will realise: that moment changed everything. All of a sudden, nothing in his life feels right. His restlessness is further fuelled when he finds a book by a little-known Portuguese writer, Amadeo de Prado.
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You'll love it or hate it
- By Nick on 30-09-09
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Night Train to Lisbon
- Narrated by: Sean Barrett
- Length: 15 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 05-03-09
- Language: English
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A Friend of the Family
- The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked
- By: Lisa Jewell
- Narrated by: Jennifer Saayeng
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall198
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Performance185
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Story186
Brought to you by Penguin Meet the Londons, a family in need of a friend ... Gerry and Bernie London are proud parents of Tony, Sean and Ned, three wayward lads whose lives have suddenly reached crisis points: Newly divorced Tony is fantasizing about someone he really shouldn't; prize-winning...
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Disappointing in every way!
- By Miss JM Collier on 10-12-20
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A Friend of the Family
- The addictive and emotionally satisfying page-turner that will have you hooked
- Narrated by: Jennifer Saayeng
- Length: 11 hrs and 12 mins
- Release date: 03-12-20
- Language: English
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Teacher, Teacher!
- By: Jack Sheffield
- Narrated by: Jack Sheffield
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall86
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Performance72
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Story73
It's 1977 and Jack Sheffield is appointed headmaster of a small village primary school in North Yorkshire. So begins Jack's eventful journey through the school year and his attempts to overcome the many problems that face him as a young and inexperienced headmaster. The many colourful chapters...
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Dull dull dull
- By Colin on 13-02-16
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Teacher, Teacher!
- Narrated by: Jack Sheffield
- Series: Teacher, Book 1
- Length: 9 hrs and 29 mins
- Release date: 28-02-13
- Language: English
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Pig Iron
- By: Benjamin Myers
- Narrated by: Ralph Ineson
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
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Overall57
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Performance55
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Story55
John-John wants to escape his past. But the legacy of brutality left by his boxer father, King of the Gypsies, Mac Wisdom, overshadows his life. His new job as an ice cream man should offer freedom but instead pulls him into the dark recesses of a northern town where his family name is mud. When he attempts to trade prejudice and parole officers for the solace of the rural landscape, Mac’s bloody downfall threatens John-John’s very survival.
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Dark, Gritty and very Original
- By "the_gentleman_of_the_bush" on 09-09-20
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Pig Iron
- Narrated by: Ralph Ineson
- Length: 7 hrs and 16 mins
- Release date: 23-01-20
- Language: English
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Tales of the City
- By: Armistead Maupin
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall237
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Performance213
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Story213
Introduction written and read by Rachel Maddow Narrated by Frances McDormand The first novel in the beloved Tales of the City series, Armistead Maupin’s bestselling San Francisco saga, and inspiration for the Netflix original series, Tales of the City “A consummate entertainer who has...
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Return to this old favourite
- By Jockette61 on 31-07-15
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Tales of the City
- Narrated by: Frances McDormand
- Series: Tales of the City, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 26-03-13
- Language: English
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