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Work Like Any Other
- Narrated by: Jeff Harding
- Length: 9 hrs and 46 mins
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Genre Fiction
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- 30-11-18
A confusing story
Having listened to the first four hours I still couldn't make out what the story was about, tenuous links from line to line - if not for Jeff Hardings performance I would have given up but persevered and listened to the rest - eventually it became clear but took a lot of patience.
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