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Identity Crisis

By: Ben Elton
Narrated by: Ben Elton
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About this listen

Random House presents the audiobook edition of Identity Crisis, written and read by Ben Elton.

Why are we all so hostile? So quick to take offence? Truly we are living in the age of outrage.

A series of apparently random murders draws amiable, old-school Detective Mick Matlock into a world of sex, politics, reality TV and a bewildering kaleidoscope of opposing identity groups. Lost in a blizzard of hashtags, his already complex investigation is further impeded by the fact that he simply doesn’t ‘get’ a single thing about anything anymore.

Meanwhile, each day another public figure confesses to having ‘misspoken’ and prostrates themselves before the judgement of Twitter. Begging for forgiveness, assuring the public “that is not who I am”.

But if nobody is who they are anymore - then who the f**k are we?

Ben Elton returns with a blistering satire of the world as it fractures around us. Get ready for a roller-coaster thriller, where nothing - and no one - is off limits.

©2019 Ben Elton (P)2019 Random House Audiobooks Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Fiction Witty Funny Thought-Provoking

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Great book, well written and well read.
very witty and well observed book
definitely recommend.

forgotten just how good Ben Elton is

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Struggled to not be plugged into it 24/7! Hysterical and a great plot. write another.

Loved it

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A witty and very clever analogy of the current state of Britain. Ben Elton is breathtaking in his ability to dissect modern life and verbalise how we are being manipulated and mis-informed, and yet make us laugh at the same time.

Excellent

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if you like his other books this follows a similar pattern.
sometimes it is a bit predictable but none the less I still enjoyed the book and is good to have it narrated by the author

standard Elton

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Loved it. Havent read a Ben Elton book for ages and it was great.

Fabulous

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