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Voice of the Fire

By: Alan Moore
Narrated by: Maxine Peake,Jason Williamson,Toby Jones,Mark Gatiss,Alan Moore and multiple narrators
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Summary

An epic audiobook in 12 parts.

Northampton. The center of England. Twelve extraordinary characters transport you through 6,000 years of astonishing history. As Alan Moore’s place-writing masterpiece reaches its 25th anniversary, New Perspectives brings this expansive work to life through twelve immersive audio journeys. 

Violence, madness, lust, and ecstasy all weave together in patterns of recurring visions, restless apparitions, and gut-wrenching narrative that offer an unprecedented voice to one of the country’s most enigmatic regions. A prehistoric boy learns a deadly lesson, a murderess dresses up as her victim, a Roman emissary confronts an unbearable truth about the empire, two lovers burn at the stake for witchcraft, and a poet begins his doomed walk from one incarceration to another.

Blending history with wild imagination, this collection of remarkable tales submerge you in the power of language and unveil the deepest secrets hidden in the land. Spoken by an exceptional cast, from Maxine Peake to Sleaford Mods vocalist Jason Williamson, this is epic cinema for the ears, firmly rooted in the author’s home town of Northampton.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©1996 Alan Moore (P)2021 New Perspectives Theatre Company Ltd

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superb

Blown away by this, brilliant book, brilliant performances. Hard to think of another audio book which I have enjoyed so much.

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History, Externalism, Magic and Northampton

Best audiobook I’ve heard and I’ve been here 10 years. Perfect cast - great performances - and the ambient score is excellent

The stories demand close attention, particularly the first (and best) Hobs Hogg. It’s tough language but the actor carries you through - and it’s totally transporting.

When I wasn’t listening to this book I was thinking about it, and I reckon I’ve not understood half of what it’s about the first time around so will be going back for sure.

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A Luminous Seance, set in Northampton and Time

The performances bring a very challenging book (which I’ve been trying to read for about 18 years) in to a focussed and incandescent light. Excellent.

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A great but ultimately depressing book

"Only zips and velcro killed him"

A great volume made of stories spread along a perforated timeline which are different but also so much the same. It is interesting, beautifully written but of so depressing. Full of sexual frustrations, defecation, peeing, magic, witchcraft and death. I'm so glad I read Jerusalem first as although it's book is just as well written it's left me feeling very down.

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Fascinating

Unusual and compelling. Some of the performances are captivating, emphasised by the haunting soundscapes.

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What a sense of place

Hard to put into words how this made me feel. It’s terrifying, funny, brutal and whimsical. It ties you to a place like no book I’ve ever consumed before.
Just deeply fascinating storytelling - I was completely gutted when it finished. Magical.

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don't give up it's a masterpiece

I nearly couldn't get past the first couple chapters (very ye olde English) but it was definitely worth it and the language modernises pretty quickly.
Quit dilly-dallying and get the book already

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fantastic

flawless work by Alan Moore - read "Jerusalem" once you've cleansed the pallet after this!

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Voice of the fire.

This is a fantastic audiobook with a great cast of readers. Also the ambient background sounds really do help bring the prose to life.
I have read this book twice before listening to this audiobook version and I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed the experience.

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An absolute treat.

That rare thing: a literary experiment which really pulls it off and is also fiercely enjoyable. Moore writes eloquently - inhabiting diverse characters and epochs - which show the most profound understanding of the human condition in all its beauty and vulnerability. The narrators' performances are truly wonderful and surely represent actors at the top of their game.

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