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Thalia Book Club: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell with Author Susanna Clarke

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Thalia Book Club: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell with Author Susanna Clarke

By: Susanna Clarke
Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
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About this listen

 Susanna Clarke discusses her remarkable debut novel, the BookSense Book of the Year, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell with her friend, novelist Neil Gaiman. Set in an alternate version of England in the early 1800s, an England in which the people yearn to recapture the practical magic of an earlier era, this fantasy novel combines the wit of Jane Austen with rollicking adventure and hilarious scholarly footnotes.If you haven't heard it already, download Susanna Clarke's Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell (Unabridged).

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Editor reviews

This recording of an evening at Symphony Space’s Thalia Book Club features a delightful discussion between authors Susanna Clarke and Neil Gaiman, which took place shortly after the release of Clarke's sensational debut, Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. After a long dramatic reading from the book by actress Cristina Pickles, Gaiman and Clarke discuss their first meeting many years ago, Clarke's 10-year process writing the book, her diverse influences, and her disdain for distinctions between high and low culture. With thought-provoking questions from the audience, this is sure to be a treat for fans of these beloved authors.
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Plenty of insights into both their writing worlds. A lovely recording of them. Recorded not long after JS & Mr N became a phenomenon in the US and before Anansi Boys was published.

Wonderful to hear Clarke and Gaiman in conversation

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What would have made Thalia Book Club: Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell with Author Susanna Clarke better?

For a start it's NOT and audio book !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! It sounds like somebody rehearsing in the bathroom .

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Trade descriptions act ... I want my money back and Audible can gets stuffed.

Lies, lies and more lies ...

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Would you try another book written by Susanna Clarke or narrated by Neil Gaiman?

I expected this to be a reading of "Jonathan Strange and Mr Norriss" by Susanna Clarke but it is just a long and boring interview of the author.

What could Susanna Clarke have done to make this a more enjoyable book for you?

I wanted to purchase an audio reading of the book to correlate with the Kindle version that I purchased from Amazon.

Who might you have cast as narrator instead of Neil Gaiman?

Almost anyone would have been acceptable to narrate this if only it had been an audio version of the book as advertised.

You didn’t love this book--but did it have any redeeming qualities?

I'm sure I would love this book, if only it was the audio version to correlate with the Kindle version that I purchased along with it.

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I am incensed by the lack of efficiency, made worse by customer service staff that can't read complaints. Having received my complaint about this book being not as advertised (in fact not a book at all!) my email wasn't even properly read and I have had one of my paid for books removed without my consent, while this drivelling interview recording remains in my library!

This is misleading. This is not an audiobook!

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