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Dead Air
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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"A thrilling read, it's a dazzlingly clever, edgy, suspenseful book" ( Scotland on Sunday)
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- Charles
- 08-05-16
Some of Iain Banks best writing
Expletive littered and raw, this book captures one of Iain's best anti heros. A man so very likeable but with so many flaws, it's hard to turn away from the exciting conclusion. You be left wondering if he deserves it or now. A cracking read.
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- Alastair Ball
- 15-04-15
Good book
I'm a big fan of Iain Banks and this was good but not up to his usual amazing standard. Well read by the narrator
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- rosie123
- 01-08-20
An articulate rant
Here, as always, Mr. Banks writes so eloquently: in this case he also rants eloquently, albeit with a very generous sprinkling of 'language'. In the guise of a radio pundit he airs his forthright views on a variety of topics, arguing that rationality is the only sensible alternative to faith, bigotry, et al.
Expect some excitement towards the end and, if you're anything like me, you'll be torn between the anticipation of either slapstick comedy or downright horror.
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- Craig Easton
- 16-07-20
Great work from Peter Kenny
Kenny did an excellent job with the wide array of regional accents and managed not to butcher the dialects of Scottish
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- Lisa
- 01-06-15
Another great Banks
A great book definitely recommend to any Banks fan. Or a good book for anyone. Good mix and humour too.
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- John
- 01-08-21
Two masters of their art
Set in a post September 11th 2001 London landscape an amiable lefty Scottish shock jock has various adventures. It doesn’t feel too dated (apart from Motorola phones… what happened to them?)
Banks as ever writes English wonderfully with witty prose and engages the reader throughout.
Peter Kenny is the finest talent Audible has and is always a pleasure to listen to.
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- I. Mitchell
- 22-07-20
Classic
Classic Banks storytelling. Brilliant narration by Peter Kenny what more could you want!Give it a go.
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- Stuart
- 17-07-17
Not Bank's best, but still great.
As usual with Iain Banks's books, you spend a lot of this story wondering what it's actually about. I suppose, in essence, it's a love story. But it's the things that happen along the way that make the book.
Banks doesn't fall into the trap of having to make every event in the book tie in to a plot. Some do, some don't, but it's interesting, funny and thought provoking.
There were parts if the book that were genuinely anxiety inducing for me. A testament to Bank's writing and Peter Kenny's narration, but not my favourite feeling!
As usual, Kenny's narration and characterisation is excellent.
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- Nikki
- 06-05-17
couldn't listen to it because of the accent
couldn't make out what was being said because of the narrators strong accent, and had to give up just a few page in.