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The Second Book of General Ignorance
- Everything You Think You Know Is (Still) Wrong
- Narrated by: Julian Elfer
- Length: 10 hrs and 46 mins
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- Brian
- 20-05-20
So so - nothing special
I'm a fan of QI but it loses most of the fun of the show, as expected. I found myself jumping forward topic by topic to find something of interest... Ended up skipping about 2/3 of the book.
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- Carina Dar
- 07-08-20
A book to listen to many times
Very entertaining, I have listened to this a couple of times and will probably listen a couple more. It never gets old.
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