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Dr Fischer of Geneva
- Narrated by: Julian Wadham
- Length: 3 hrs and 47 mins
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Doctor Fischer despises the human race. When the notorious toothpaste millionaire decides to hold the last of his famous parties - his own deadly version of the book of Revelation - Greene opens up a powerful vision of the limitless greed of the rich.
Black comedy and painful satire combine in a totally compelling novel.
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- Anthony Christie
- 01-01-23
Great performance
A quirky story. The narrator is excellent. If you have enjoyed other Graham Greene novels, I think you should also enjoy this one.
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- Banjoman
- 26-09-21
Despicable Dr Fischer.
A well written and interesting short novel about being human and very wealthy, and how greed can alter your personality and decision making. Brilliantly narrated by Julian Wadham, who brings a sensitivity to the characters and circumstances.
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- S. Keane
- 09-05-20
Excellent Narration, brilliant book
Julian Wadham was perfect for this strange but brilliant Graham Greene novel. Greed, love , hate and power all rolled up in this little book.
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- Tararu
- 28-05-21
Brilliant!
Devastating story of greed by the genius that is Graham Greene beautifully narrated by Julian Wadham.
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- Stephen Bentley
- 28-09-22
Dank and Defeatist
Bought this as a first edition hardback decades ago. Thought I was being very smart etc for having done so, I'm older, much, now than when I bought the book. I wasn't sure what the point was when I read the book, now I'm still uncertain. If I was supposed to believe/accept that all those awful people were awful simply because they went to all those parties to be humiliated in the hope of a mention in the will, well yes, I did believe all that. Did I need the droopy anti-hero to come to that conclusion? No, I didn't. He's got no less droopy with the passing of the years. Was I supposed to dislike everyone including the droopy anti-hero? No idea, but I did and do. The reading is very well executed, I found and find the story exasperatingly gloomy and depressing - contact with large amounts of money is a bad thing? At some point everybody has to sit down at The Bomb Party and be served up endless quantities of Rice Pudding - ghastly muck in my opinion and apparently Graham Greene's as well - it's fortunately a very short book.
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