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Tales from the Folly
- Narrated by: Alex Kingston, Ben Aaronovitch, Ben Elliot, Felix Grainger, Kobna Holdbrook-Smith, Penelope Rawlins, Sam Peter Jackson, Shvorne Marks
- Length: 4 hrs and 50 mins
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Summary
Return to the world of Rivers of London in this first short-story collection from number one Sunday Times best-selling author Ben Aaronovitch. Tales from the Folly is a carefully curated collection that gathers together previously published stories and brand new tales in the same place for the first time.
Each tale features a new introduction from the author, filled with insight and anecdote offering the listener a deeper exploration into this absorbing fictional world. This is a must-listen for any Rivers of London fan.
Join Peter, Nightingale, Abigail, Agent Reynolds and Tobias Winter for a series of perfectly portioned tales. Discover what's haunting a lonely motorway service station, who still wanders the shelves of a popular London bookshop and what exactly happened to the River Lugg.
With an introduction from internationally best-selling author of the Sookie Stackhouse series, Charlaine Harris.
This collection includes:
- 'The Home Crowd Advantage'
- 'The Domestic'
- 'The Cockpit'
- 'The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Granny'
- 'King of the Rats'
- 'A Rare Book of Cunning Device'
- 'A Dedicated Follower of Fashion'
- 'Favourite Uncle'
- 'Vanessa Sommer's Other Christmas List'
- 'Three Rivers, Two Husbands and a Baby'
- 'Moments One, Two and Three'
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- Robin
- 28-08-20
fantastic book, only complaint, its not long enoug
loved it. ive now read them all. BUt what about the ghost taxis refered to in previous books?
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- Jimbo
- 09-09-20
short foray into the folly or a folly for cash?
Make up your own mind, if you like ROL you'll buy it anyway. It's a trap for fans. I liked it genuinely. found it engaging and fun but I wasted a whole credit on 4 hours. Felt like a bit of cash in, oh bung it out there while the franchise is hot property. whatcha got ben? oh some bits and bobs. Ok i'll take it but get back to work Aaronovitch, nothing under 6 hours next or else.
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- Berenice
- 07-10-20
enjoyable
nice to have snippets into other characters lives always a treat to have material in spoken form so this was a joy.
I just wish the author would produce the graphic novels in spoken form as he has these short stories.
I cannot read the graphic novels as well as I can his books, my brain doesn't scan the graphic format well.
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- Bevy
- 06-03-21
Excellent
Glad I ignored some of the reviews. I really enjoyed listening to this and look forward to further tales featuring some of the minor characters from these wonderful books.
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- Richard
- 08-03-21
Interesting Collection of Shorts
Obviously, with any shorts there are some stronger efforts than others. I'm completely new to Ben Aaronovitch and his world building in 'The Rivers...' collections, without knowing where to start I discovered 'Rare and Cunning Device' separately, which also features here. So far, I feel that the Peter Grant led stories speak to me with more of a voice (and are the strongest by the audiobook actors on display). My least favourite, story/character and performance was 'Dedicated Follower of Fashion' by some distance - but this is entirely down to preference, and by no means weak.
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- Rich
- 05-09-20
A fantastic addition to the Rivers of London world
This book shows us so many hidden parts of the world and the stories are so well crafted.
The readers are well selected and the voices run clear in the ear as suitable to each person. I really hope you get the same voice artist for the What abigail sod that summer. Thank you Ben I really loved this addition.
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- Elaine
- 21-11-22
Beautifully narrated, great short stories
wide range of minor characters. I enjoyed them all
Tied up some loose ends and opened the possibility of other intriguing story lines.
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- Debbie McLean
- 10-07-21
fantastic
wow what a series of fantastic short stories in one audiobook written by the wonderful Ben Aaronovitch and the brilliant narrators xxxxxxxxxx
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- Helen SJ
- 13-10-20
A fabulous short story collection.
What's not to love about Ben Aaronovitch's work. Add in Kobna's dolcette tones and you have perfection.
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- Christopher
- 09-09-20
Lovely little extra
Purely for the fans, if you haven't experienced the rest of the books, this won't be for you. If you have, then please listen.
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