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Goon Squad

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Goon Squad

By: Jonathan L. Howard
Narrated by: Gabrielle de Cuir, Nicholas Guy Smith, Jim Meskimen, Stefan Rudnicki
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About this listen

An ongoing, episodic "prose comic" from which the pictures are summoned by the magic of words, Goon Squad is set in an alternate version of modern-day Manchester. Its biggest divergence from the real city is that it - along with most other large urban centers - has a team of superheroes to protect it against unusual threats with which the conventional forces of law and order would have problems.

Goon Squad: Year One offers three action-packed volumes in a single collection:

Goon Squad, Vol. 1: Special Talents

  • "The New Girl"
  • "Nightclubbing"
  • "By the Water, by the Grave"
  • "Changes"
  • "No-No Dojo"
  • "Exterminating Angel"

Goon Squad, Vol. 2: Without Sin

  • "A Star in Strange Ways"
  • "Holy Fool"
  • "Dead Man Tells Tale"
  • "A Brief History of the Goon Squad"
  • "Tale of Terror"
  • "Pomona Island"

Goon Squad, Vol. 3: Old Enemies

  • "Life During Wartime"
  • "Red Wolf, Red Wolf, Does Whatever a Red Wolf Can"
  • "Shadow of the Vivisector"
  • "The Man from Switzerland"
  • "The End of the Year Show"

©2016 Jonathan L. Howard (P)2015 Blackstone Audio, Inc., and Skyboat Media, Inc. Fantasy Science Fiction Funny Witty

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Being from the great city and county of Manchester so it was great listening to this audio book. it was like a walk down memory lane. one issue that pissed me off a bit was the delivery by the narrator, she did a great job of making the Mancunian sound like South Afriican. or dick Van Dyke Cockley. Salford is pronounced Solford and not Sal-ford.

Rant over. loved the story addicted to it now. give it a go, you will love it.

Goon Squad is a really enjoyable book.

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Very much enjoyed listening to this one. Made me laugh and late for work. Want this to carry on.

Great listen

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As others have said, accents are not something this narrator can do. but this is a great set of short stories from an author I really like.

A great set of stories

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I loved this tale of Manchester's superhero crime-fighting team. Great characters, convincing world-building and gripping plots.

The one drawback is the narrator, specifically her inability to do convincing northern accents. Quite a drawback for an audiobook set in Manchester...

But that's just a minor quibble - this audiobook is very good indeed. I can't wait for a sequel!!!

Mancunian Marvels

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I’m from the north of England, over the Pennines from Manchester, where the book is set.
I can, with absolute authority, tell you that the narrator is NOT capable of doing a Mancunian accent. It’s embarrassing.
Her accent is more akin to a Brummie after a serious dental procedure. It makes Dick Van Dyke’s cockney sound authentic. It’s distractingly bad.
At one point they bring in a male narrator who is supposed to be playing a British character, I guess, but sounds more like caricature of a 1920’s Chicago gangster. Sheeee….

Whoever hired these people needs their hearing checked. Or maybe watch some Oasis interviews.

Anywho, if you can get past the offensively bad accents the story is really compelling and funny, not at all taxing.

Really good writing, awful narration!

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