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Knife
- A New Harry Hole Novel
- By: Neil Smith - translator, Jo Nesbø
- Narrated by: John Lee
- Length: 16 hrs and 56 mins
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Harry Hole is not in a good place. Rakel - the only woman he's ever loved - has ended it with him, permanently. He's been given a chance for a new start with the Oslo Police, but it's in the cold case office. What he really wants is to be investigating cases he suspects have ties to Svein Finne, the serial rapist and murderer who Harry helped put behind bars. And now, Finne is free after a decade-plus in prison. When Harry wakes up the morning after a drunken night with blood that's clearly not his own on his hands, it's only the very beginning of what will be a waking nightmare.
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Not the best Hole novel.
- By Portia on 08-09-19
- Knife
- A New Harry Hole Novel
- By: Neil Smith - translator, Jo Nesbø
- Narrated by: John Lee
Kept me guessing to the end
Reviewed: 11-15-19
Another fun who dunnit from Jo Nessbo, which I enjoyed from start to stop. Consume his books like popcorn. I can't help but wonder what his personal record collection looks like.
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Look Who's Back
- By: Timur Vermes
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 11 hrs and 10 mins
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Look Who's Back is a cutting satire on modern media-bloated, celebrity-obsessed society, seen through the eyes of Adolf Hitler. Adolf Hitler wakes up on a patch of open ground, alive and well. It is the Summer of 2011 and things have changed - no Eva Braun, no Nazi party, no war. Hitler barely recognizes his beloved Fatherland, filled with immigrants and run by a woman.
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Julian Rhind-Tutt's performance pops
- By M. Farley on 11-01-19
- Look Who's Back
- By: Timur Vermes
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
Julian Rhind-Tutt's performance pops
Reviewed: 11-01-19
Controversial fiction that made me laugh out loud. It took a little while to figure out what was going on, but the idea is simple enough. The humor is ridiculous at times and the timing and reading of the punch lines were hilarious. Then there is the tension in the story line where I found myself hoping that Hitler would make it through the trials and tribulations portrayed. That's probably not so great but it does provide a context to understand how the historical Hitler and Nazi party got away with the horrible mass murders that they committed. The fanatical abuse of power is a much more slippery slope than we like to think and in that respect this book is profoundly relevant, not because it portrays a monster as a monster, but because it portrays people believing the monster is outrageously funny and not seeing the threat he harbors.
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The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Length: 16 hrs and 52 mins
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The Devil comes to Moscow, but he isn't all bad; Pontius Pilate sentences a charismatic leader to his death, but yearns for redemption; and a writer tries to destroy his greatest tale, but discovers that manuscripts don't burn. Multi-layered and entrancing, blending sharp satire with glorious fantasy, The Master and Margarita is ceaselessly inventive and profoundly moving. In its imaginative freedom and raising of eternal human concerns, it is one of the world's great novels.
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Satisfying Satanic Satire
- By Jacob on 12-06-11
- The Master and Margarita
- By: Mikhail Bulgakov
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
An incredible performance of an amazing novel
Reviewed: 10-11-19
Master and Margarita is a terrific novel published posthumously buy the brilliant Russian writer, Bulgakov. The performance by Julian Rhind-Tutt is exceptional as he brought all the characters, especially the hilarious Korovyev and Behemoth to mischievous life and with superb pacing and dynamics.
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Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
- Length: 8 hrs and 44 mins
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In this award-winning Audible Studios production, Trevor Noah tells his wild coming-of-age tale during the twilight of apartheid in South Africa. It’s a story that begins with his mother throwing him from a moving van to save him from a potentially fatal dispute with gangsters, then follows the budding comedian’s path to self-discovery through episodes both poignant and comical.
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Great book and perfect narration
- By MarilynArms on 12-15-16
- Born a Crime
- Stories from a South African Childhood
- By: Trevor Noah
- Narrated by: Trevor Noah
Superb, fascinating story from a rising star
Reviewed: 03-25-17
Mr. Noah's remarkable personal story growing up as a "colored" in South Africa is full of surprising revelations, humor, pain and grace.
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