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Transcription
- Narrated by: Fenella Woolgar
- Length: 11 hrs and 8 mins
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Summary
Random House presents the audiobook edition of Transcription by Kate Atkinson, read by Fenella Woolgar.
The magnificent new novel by best-selling award-winning Kate Atkinson.
‘Think of it as an adventure, Perry had said right at the beginning of all this.And it had seemed like one. A bit of a lark, she had thought. A Girls’ Own adventure.’
In 1940, 18-year old Juliet Armstrong is reluctantly recruited into the world of espionage. Sent to an obscure department of MI5 tasked with monitoring the comings and goings of British Fascist sympathisers, she discovers the work to be by turns both tedious and terrifying. But after the war has ended, she presumes the events of those years have been relegated to the past for ever.
Ten years later, now a producer at the BBC, Juliet is unexpectedly confronted by figures from her past. A different war is being fought now, on a different battleground, but Juliet finds herself once more under threat. A bill of reckoning is due, and she finally begins to realise that there is no action without consequence.
Transcription is a work of rare depth and texture, a bravura modern novel of extraordinary power, wit and empathy. It is a triumphant work of fiction from one of this country’s most exceptional writers.
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- SjpP
- 09-09-18
Full Marks Kate
I hugely enjoyed this book, my first by Kate Atkinson and the narration by Fenella Woolgar was impeccable. I finished it in two and a half days and am now going to re-listen at a more leisurely pace to enjoy it more thoroughly. It is set in a period of time I can just about remember and mainly in that part of the West End with which I am most familiar - it always makes it more interesting, I find, when you can picture the locations. But I love Kate Atkinson's dialogue, construction and characterisation. I really related to Juliet Armstrong in her various guises and enjoyed her humorous asides. The author's note at the end was very interesting. I'm not nitpicking (especially after hearing Kate's note) but I'm sure Juliet was short-changed when she tendered three half-crowns for a five shilling office whip round - but I may have misheard.
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- Parksparker
- 14-09-18
Try it!
Really enjoyed this very original book, such a dry humour running through it, I laughed out loud many times.
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- Sigrin
- 07-04-19
Splendid
I love the way Kate Atkinson writes, her prose, composition and construction of language is effortless delivered. The story envelopes me and is so vivid in my minds eye. I feel like the bird frolicking in a birdbath of words.
The story is set in the 40s is exquisitely narrated by Fenella Woolger, whose voice is perfect for Juliette. Ms Woolgers accents her fluid change from male to female voices is faultless.
Highly recommend this, as well as Life after life and A god in ruins.
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- Cookie Monster
- 20-02-20
Kate Atkinson does it again
Entertaining and enthralling with spot on narration. The narration complimented the era and the story perfectly - best I’ve heard.
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- Carol Grant
- 03-06-21
Highly enjoyable
Not knowing anything about ‘ordinary life’ in wartime I was very surprised as to how much I enjoyed the intrigues of spying and mundaneness- lots of tea drinking! - although to be totally honest TG err were bits of the story that utterly confused me / perhaps that was the authors intentions !!
I particularly liked the narration as this brought Juliet to life. All in all a great listen !
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- Norfolk Bookworm
- 01-11-19
What a page turner!
Don't start on this if you have other plans because, if you are anything like me, you won't switch it off until the end.
Brilliant fictional recreation of the London of the second world war and afterwards and the moral dilemmas associated with working for MI5.
It's all about the complex multi-faceted character of Juliet Armstrong and the choices she made. Terrific tale, but not for the faint-hearted.
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- "adventuregirl7"
- 16-08-19
Simply brilliant and riveting!
I must admit I am a fan. This is another great read from Kate Atkinson
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- susan
- 27-11-18
A great story, beautifully narrated.
Story unfurls in a manner which kept me enthralled. Characters were well drawn and the narration added to the quality of the listen.
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- Sally in Highbury
- 16-11-18
'Transcriptions' makes a perfect audio boom
I loved listening to this and suspect the audio experience is particularly apt bearing in mind the passages which are fictional transcriptions of audio tapes from the second world war.
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- Steven Hutchison
- 26-07-19
Slow starter but worth sticking with it
Starts off slowly but stick with it and you won’t be disappointed it will all make sense!
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