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The Echo Chamber
- Narrated by: Richard E. Grant
- Length: 14 hrs and 38 mins
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Summary
Brought to you by Penguin.
What a thing of wonder a mobile phone is. Six ounces of metal, glass and plastic, fashioned into a sleek, shiny, precious object. At once, a gateway to other worlds - and a treacherous weapon in the hands of the unwary, the unwitting, the inept.
The Cleverley family live a gilded life, little realising how precarious their privilege is, just one tweet away from disaster. George, the patriarch, is a stalwart of television interviewing, a 'national treasure' (his words); his wife, Beverley, a celebrated novelist (although not as celebrated as she would like); and their children, Nelson, Elizabeth, Achilles, various degrees of catastrophe waiting to happen.
Together they will go on a journey of discovery through the Hogarthian jungle of the modern living where past presumptions count for nothing and carefully curated reputations can be destroyed in an instant. Along the way, they will learn how volatile, how outraged, how unforgiving the world can be when you step from the proscribed path.
Powered by John Boyne's characteristic humour and razor-sharp observation, The Echo Chamber is a satiric helter skelter, a dizzying downward spiral of action and consequence, poised somewhere between farce, absurdity and oblivion. To err is maybe to be human but to really foul things up you only need a phone.
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- Sarah Bland
- 20-05-22
Astounding
This author can do no wrong for me, and every book he writes is so different! This one took me by surprise, but it's so so clever. Found myself laughing out loud at times, and seeing things from so many perspectives.
Brilliant narration too, as you'd expect.
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- Ciara
- 05-02-22
Laugh out loud funny
Loved it so well observed - such brilliant caricatures .Amazingly versatile author- have enjoyed all of his books
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- larrydevery
- 11-12-21
hilarious and cutting brilliantly performee
Richard E. Grant brings this book to life, its like watching a play or a movie. The book itself is brilliant and I was hooked from the first listen. A must read for the tech generation. Open your eyes and ears to the world and get out of the "echo chamber" of social media and narcissistism
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- Amazon Customer
- 12-10-21
Worst Irish accents ever
Funny, irreverent and increasingly farcical take on how digital culture shapes modern life. Vocal performance good on the whole but the Irish accents are appalling, to the point of being offensive.
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- Sussex suburbian
- 17-04-22
Another brilliant book by this author.
I love the gentle humour in this book.
It takes the use of social media to the extreme but is believable as there are so many elements of truth.
Brilliantly read by Richard E Grant.
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- SunandSnow
- 25-10-22
Refreshing Satire
Love John Boyne but this was a break from my usual genre. I found it fun and easy to listen to. Obviously Richard E Grant is a coup of a narrator! Try it, you won't be disappointed.
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- Mrs. K. Gardner
- 01-02-23
Perfect!
Absolutely loved this wonderful book so perfectly read by the very talented Richard E Grant. Genuinely laugh out loud, joyous story. Faultless.
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- Deirdre Lynam
- 14-11-23
Brilliant
loved this audible listen. brilliant story. no character is likeable!!
Richard E Grant is fantastic as the narrator.
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- C. Potter
- 19-12-23
A comic (?) attack on social media and the woke society
The narration was great and yes I will admit that I laughed out loud several times, however it was effectively a rant against anything that could be considered as 'woke' . The only exception to this is an effective speech by the main character in favour of black lives matter. I remember Suella Braverman saying that we need to get rid of all this woke nonsense during the Conservative leadership race, and this is the tenet of the novel. I can just see a mental picture of a crusty old right winger moaning about everything in this novel and agreeing wholeheartedly with the way it is written. After a while this just became irritating. We can sometimes laugh about political correctness gone overboard, but political correctness exists because some people can rightly feel disempowered when treated with disrespect.
The story is completely ridiculous and the caricatures of the characters are just so stereotypical as to be laughable, but I suppose that is the point. There is a farcical treatment of the use of pronouns and cancel culture and the power of social media and the ignorance of certain monied individuals as to the plight of those less fortunate.
Like another reviewer said, I cannot believe it came from the same person who wrote The Heart's invisible furies. But maybe is was written by a ghost??
The novel was set in a post pandemic 2021 but before the war in the Ukraine. As another review mentioned, it is only a short time ago but already it feels a long time ago and dated.
Would I recommend it? I don't think I would unless I knew the reader well and knew them to be a Suella fan .
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- Jo Harmer
- 09-01-24
Hilarious and horribly current
Great book, and picture of our time. Superb narration. Laughed and laughed. John Boyne is my new favourite author
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