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Typhoon

By: Joseph Conrad
Narrated by: Roger Allam
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Typhoon is the story of a steamship and her crew beset by a tempest and of the captain whose dogged courage is tested to the limit.

Captain MacWhirr was an ordinary man. However, when his steamer Nan-Shan blunders into a hurricane, he and his crew must pull together to survive. The steadfast courage of an undemonstrative captain and the imaginative readiness of his young first mate becomes a partnership vital to human survival as they are challenged from without by the elements, and from within by human doubts and fears.

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A top performance of an adventure story on the high seas. The characters are highly nuanced too. Well, the white western crew are. The Chinese "coolies" on board are portrayed in a way that made me sick to the stomach. Like animals at best, or some sort of sub-human species that exhibit all the worst aspects to be found in humanity. It's very much a book of its times in that respect. And one that should probably stay there.

Very well read, but offensively racist text.

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The story sounded, from the description as if it might be pretty good. As it turned out it was just the opposite. it ramvled and the narration was too slow. A literary account with an attempt at a twist at the end but not much to say for itsellf really and the accents were appalling. Don’t waste your time. never judge a book by its title that’s the lesson to be learned from this one.

not enough. tension

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A thoroughly enjoyable listen made wonderful by a very skilled narrator. A Conrad short story classic

Wonderful!

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Excellent narration from Roger Allam. Really enjoyed his different accents and characters, think he does an Irish and Scottish accent very convincingly. Quite poetic language used to describe the typhoon, its effects etc. I quite like the characterisation, no one is perfect, all have their own faults and foibles. Probably a better book to listen to than read, took me to and from a conference, perfect length!

Well done Roger

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Conrad is close to his magnificent best in this intense sea story. The characters come to life amazingly from minimalist descriptions. His descriptive prose is of the highest order and few authors tell a sea story better than Conrad. Roger Allam narrates beautifully. With his velvet tones he really should record more audio books.

A little gem of a novel

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