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Nobody True
- Narrated by: Jonathan Keeble
- Length: 13 hrs and 36 mins
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Nobody True, performed in appropriately frantic and bewildered British tones by Jonathan Keeble, is a suspenseful and supernatural story that is a gripping "whodunit" listen.
Jim True is dead. He was killed and brutally dismembered. By whom, he doesn’t know. But he’s going to find out, for Jim True has come back to life as a ghost - no one can hear or see him except for the one who killed him - and he’s going to solve his own murder. The murderer just may be closer to Jim than he realizes.
This is similar in plot to the smash hit 1990 film, Ghost - but not as funny and much more ominous.
Summary
Deadline. Jim True has returned from an out-of-body experience to find he has been brutally murdered and his body mutilated. No one can see him, no one can hear him, no one, except his killer, knows he still exists.
Freed from his body, True embarks on a quest to find his killer and discover why and how he has managed to survive. As he closes in on his murderer, True discovers that even the very people he loved and trusted have betrayed him. He meets his killer, a strange and sinister figure who can also leave his body at will.
An epic and deadly battle ensues between True and a seemingly unstoppable and hideous serial killer - a man now intent on even more murders, including True's wife and child.
James Herbert was one of Britain’s greatest popular novelists and our number-one best-selling writer of chiller fiction. Widely imitated and hugely influential, he wrote 23 novels which have collectively sold over 54 million copies worldwide and been translated into 34 languages.
Born in London in the '40s, James Herbert was art director of an advertising agency before turning to writing fiction in 1975. His first novel, The Rats, was an instant best seller and is now recognised as a classic of popular contemporary fiction. Herbert went on to publish a new top-10 best seller every year until 1988. He wrote six more best-selling novels in the 1990s and three more since: Once, Nobody True and The Secret of Crickley Hall. Herbert died in March 2013 at the age of 69.
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- Anthony Winwood
- 14-09-20
excellent book
bit slow to start but once it gets going is excellent couldn't put it down
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- fuzzyhead
- 06-07-15
Nobody true
A fantastic story by James Herbert, The narrator read it so beautifully. Sadly missed James. .
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- gav cornell
- 02-06-15
unusual
the story was very enjoyable, and thought provoking. I love James Herbert books and he certainly delivered another great book as I've come to expect 9/10 😊
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- Andrew D.
- 05-11-21
so much repetition!
such a good premise wasted, the bulk of this book is filled with melodrama and played out by a bunch of characters that had not a single redeeming feature among them. even the main character is a whiny idiot whom the reader is constantly begging to catch up with since you will be several steps ahead of him almost the entire way. the narrator is fine and unobtrusive but he's working with very poor material. easily the worst of James Herbert's work that I've read.
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this book features the most irritating narrative interruption ever, repeatedly stopping the flow or pace of a scene. iykyk
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- SD
- 12-04-21
one star as I cannot give less
first hour was not so bad but later was only worst, few scenes and description could be spared and it would not loose anything from story line and it would be much more pleasant to read/listen
before middle of the book I had already in my mind 2 possible endings so I'm sorry I cannot really say that I found surprising plots
for me boring, irritating in few point of views of the world, how character think about women, point of view for parent-child not related as blood give some special connections... it doesn't
story line about domestic violence... most of cases 30-40 years ago ended different then in book
few different things I found really really irritating but if you want, try and get your own opinion
but this guy doesn't know when finish, I'm not sure how many pages he could just throw into fire but last 2-4h from audiobook was pure waste of my time, it's my fault that I have to finish this what I started but I would not lost anything just delete this from my device after first 1h of the book and never go back
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- Amazon Customer
- 05-04-21
Truly enjoyable yarn!
Enjoyable ghost story, made brilliant by the Stephen Fry-esque narrator who I absolutely loved! A nice change from the usual psychological thrillers, a good ghost yarn, ridiculously far fetched but I was happy to be strung along right to the end!
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- J.Summers
- 06-03-15
Nobody True
Unlike other James Herbert books the wanting to turn the next page never stopped - this book was was at times a hard read as the the detail if events seemed to go on forever before merging back to the story - the audio version better for me. Thought provoking story.
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- Stephen
- 08-11-13
Long and unnecessarily drawn out
What did you like best about Nobody True? What did you like least?
The narrator was the best part of this story. The author goes over things over and over again and spends way too much time going on about the main characters feelings making the reader feel that he should just get on with the story. Really, very frustrating.
Would you recommend Nobody True to your friends? Why or why not?
No, I would not recommend Nobody True to any friend, maybe an enemy though! The story itself is a good one but it's just too drawn out.
What aspect of Jonathan Keeble’s performance might you have changed?
None, he did a great job.
Was Nobody True worth the listening time?
It was worth about two thirds of the listening time.
Any additional comments?
It's a great shame that this story wasn't a little more fast paced and less repetitive.
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- Philandera hates washing up
- 11-08-22
Wow what a ride
This was a fantastic story I was pleasantly surprised based on other reviews I wasn’t expecting it to be a good as it was. I was utterly hooked throughout ! Good narration, fantastic plot and nice conversational natural style of storytelling.
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- Amazon Customer
- 17-02-22
A Fairly Good Book.
Not J. Herbert's best book, but still quite enjoyable and the narrator was rather good.
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