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Timmy Failure

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Timmy Failure

By: Stephan Pastis
Narrated by: Jared Goldsmith, Landon Woodson
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About this listen

The prequel to the New York Times best-selling series that's soon to be a movie on Disney+!

"Timmy Failure is a winner!" (Jeff Kinney, author of Diary of a Wimpy Kid)

Timmy Failure is not just any detective - he is the greatest detective in his town, perhaps the nation. He is so famous that there have been seven books written about his life. Plus a movie. And so he has agreed to provide the world with his extraordinary origin story, as dictated to his biographer and best friend, Charles "Rollo" Tookus.

New York Times best-selling author Stephan Pastis is back with the hilariously heartwarming tale of how it all started for our favorite clueless detective - including how he got that red scarf!

©2020 Stephan Pastis (P)2020 Recorded Books Humorous Fiction Literature & Fiction Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Mysteries Mystery & Suspense Heartfelt

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I loved all the different voices and the transcripts of arguments between Timmy and Rollo. Also, I am a fan of the Timmy Failure books and I have always wondered about his origins. Admittedly, my ideas were slightly nuts (a bit like Timmy himself).

My favourite audiobook so far!

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I loved the laughs and jokes of it. I did not t dislike any of it.

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