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Once There Was a War
- By: John Steinbeck
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Brought to you by Penguin. 'Do you know it, do you remember it, the drives, the attitudes, the terrors and, yes, the joys?' Thus Steinbeck introduces his collection of poignant and hard-hitting dispatches for the New York Herald Tribune when the Second World War was at its height. He begins in...
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Historical Reality presented factually
- By Paul on 04-09-24
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Once There Was a War
- Narrated by: Lloyd James
- Length: 7 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 26-11-20
- Language: English
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Run Towards the Danger
- Conversations with a Body of Memory
- By: Sarah Polley
- Narrated by: Sarah Polley
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall20
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Performance17
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Sarah Polley's work as an actor, screenwriter and director is celebrated for its honesty, complexity and deep humanity. She brings all those qualities, along with her exquisite storytelling chops, to these six essays. Each one captures a piece of Polley's life as she remembers it, while at the same time examining the fallibility of memory, the mutability of reality in the mind, and the possibility of experiencing the past anew, as the person she is now but was not then. As Polley writes, the past and present are in a “reciprocal pressure dance”.
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Thorough self investigation
- By Joana P. R. Neves on 21-12-23
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Run Towards the Danger
- Conversations with a Body of Memory
- Narrated by: Sarah Polley
- Length: 7 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 29-07-22
- Language: English
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
- By: George Saunders
- Narrated by: BD Wong, George Saunders, Glenn Close, and others
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall174
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Performance147
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Story145
Bloomsbury presents A Swim in a Pond in the Rain by George Saunders, read by George Saunders, Phylicia Rashad, Nick Offerman, Glenn Close, Keith David, Rainn Wilson, BD Wong and Renée Elise Goldsberry. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER PICKED BY THE SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, INDEPENDENT, IRISH TIMES...
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a useful introduction but ultimately boring
- By Peter Buchanan on 10-06-21
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A Swim in a Pond in the Rain
- From the Man Booker Prize-winning, New York Times-bestselling author of Lincoln in the Bardo
- Narrated by: BD Wong, George Saunders, Glenn Close, Keith David, Nick Offerman, Phylicia Rashad, Rainn Wilson, Renée Elise Goldsberry
- Length: 14 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 12-01-21
- Language: English
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The Collected Schizophrenias
- By: Esmé Weijun Wang
- Narrated by: Esmé Weijun Wang
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall47
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Performance39
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Brought to you by Penguin. 'I've inherited a love of a writing and a talent for the visual arts from my mother, as well as her long and tapered fingers; I've also inherited a tendency for madness' Esmé Weijun Wang was officially diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder in 2013, although the...
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boring
- By Shann Mitchell on 08-10-23
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The Collected Schizophrenias
- Narrated by: Esmé Weijun Wang
- Length: 7 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 08-08-19
- Language: English
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Fires Which Burned Brightly
- A Life in Progress
- By: Sebastian Faulks
- Narrated by: Sebastian Faulks
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall46
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Performance45
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Brought to you by Penguin. ‘The only dividend of the years’ vanishing, as far as I can see, is that it makes aspects of the past appear more interesting or humorous than they felt at the time.’ In Fires Which Burned Brightly, Faulks, a reluctant memoirist, offers readers a series of...
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moving memoir from author of birdsong
- By surgeon david on 02-10-25
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Fires Which Burned Brightly
- A Life in Progress
- Narrated by: Sebastian Faulks
- Length: 8 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 02-09-25
- Language: English
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Dead and Alive
- The illuminating new essay collection from the award-winning author of The Fraud
- By: Zadie Smith
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance17
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Brought to you by Penguin. An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation, Zadie Smith In this keenly awaited new collection, Zadie Smith brings her unique skills as an essayist to bear on a range of subjects which have...
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Look, she doesn't have a voice for radio...
- By dan on 01-04-26
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Dead and Alive
- The illuminating new essay collection from the award-winning author of The Fraud
- Narrated by: Zadie Smith
- Length: 9 hrs and 34 mins
- Release date: 30-10-25
- Language: English
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The Essays
- A Selection
- By: Michel Montaigne, M. A. Screech
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall10
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Performance9
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To overcome a crisis of melancholy after the death of his father, Montaigne withdrew to his country estates and began to write, and in the highly original essays that resulted he discussed themes such as fathers and children, conscience and cowardice, coaches and cannibals, and, above all, himself.
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A must-read book (and brilliant narration)
- By Alex R. on 06-04-26
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The Essays
- A Selection
- Narrated by: Thomas Judd
- Length: 16 hrs and 55 mins
- Release date: 25-02-21
- Language: English
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Pensées
- By: Blaise Pascal
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Unabridged
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Intended to be a defense of the Christian religion, Pensées is a penetrating collection of thoughts on faith, reason, and theology. Unfinished at the time of Pascal's death, the book consists of philosophical fragments on the "wretchedness" of man and the controversial schisms of the church at the time. It includes the philosopher's infamous wager encouraging belief over agnosticism, as well as his thoughts on numerous other topics. Endlessly quotable, Pensées overflows with pearls of wisdom, each elusive sentence pregnant with a universe of thought.
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Pensées
- Narrated by: Peter Wickham
- Length: 12 hrs and 8 mins
- Release date: 21-07-18
- Language: English
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It's Not About the Burqa
- Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
- By: Mariam Khan
- Narrated by: Afshan D'souza-Lodhi, Amna Saleem, Coco Khan, and others
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall213
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Performance184
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Read by the full cast of authors When was the last time you heard a Muslim woman speak for herself without a filter? Shortlisted for Foyles Non-Fiction Book of the Year 'Engrossing . . . fascinating . . . courageous' – Observer In 2016, Mariam Khan read that David Cameron had linked the...
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A wonderful selection of personal & vital response
- By Mrs N Forbes on 21-02-19
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It's Not About the Burqa
- Muslim Women on Faith, Feminism, Sexuality and Race
- Narrated by: Afshan D'souza-Lodhi, Amna Saleem, Coco Khan, Jamilla Hekmoun, Malia Bouattia, Mariam Khan, Maya Saroya, Mona Eltahawy, Nadine Aisha Jassat, Nafisa Bakkar, Raifa Rafiq, Saima Mir, Salma El-Wardany, Salma Haidrani, Sufiya Ahmed
- Length: 6 hrs and 32 mins
- Release date: 21-02-19
- Language: English
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The Lion and the Unicorn
- By: George Orwell
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Unabridged
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Overall36
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Performance33
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George Orwell's moving reflections on the English character and his passionate belief in the need for political change. 'The Lion and the Unicorn' was written in London during the worst period of the Blitz. It is vintage Orwell, a dynamic outline of his belief in socialism, patriotism and an English revolution. His fullest political statement, it has been described as 'one of the most moving and incisive portraits of the English character' and is as relevant now as it ever has been.
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The real Orwell
- By Marc on 24-11-22
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The Lion and the Unicorn
- Narrated by: Peter Noble
- Length: 3 hrs and 1 min
- Release date: 07-01-22
- Language: English
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The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
- By: Gore Vidal, Jay Parini - editor
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance2
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Gore Vidal - novelist, playwright, critic, screenwriter, memoirist, indefatigable political commentator, and controversialist - is America’s premier man of letters. No other writer brings more sparkling wit, vast learning, indelible personality, and provocative mirth to the job of writing an essay.
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The Selected Essays of Gore Vidal
- Narrated by: Jeff Cummings
- Length: 19 hrs and 56 mins
- Release date: 02-07-19
- Language: English
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The Examined Life
- How We Lose and Find Ourselves
- By: Stephen Grosz
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall59
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Performance55
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**SUNDAY TIMES BESTELLER** This book is about learning to live. Echoing Socrates' statement that the unexamined life not worth living, psychoanalyst Stephen Grosz draws on his twenty-five years of work and more than 50,000 hours of conversations to form a collection of beautifully rendered tales...
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Bitesize case studies for students of counselling
- By JG on 07-12-23
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The Examined Life
- How We Lose and Find Ourselves
- Narrated by: Peter Marinker
- Length: 5 hrs and 21 mins
- Release date: 24-08-23
- Language: English
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The Yarn Whisperer
- My Unexpected Life in Knitting
- By: Clara Parkes
- Narrated by: Clara Parkes
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall44
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Performance39
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Stockinette, ribbing, cables, even the humble yarn over can instantly evoke places, times, people, conversations, all those poignant moments that we’ve tucked away in our memory banks. Over time, those stitches form a map of our lives. —From the preface In The Yarn Whisperer: Reflections on...
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Excellent.
- By helen on 14-12-16
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The Yarn Whisperer
- My Unexpected Life in Knitting
- Narrated by: Clara Parkes
- Length: 4 hrs and 30 mins
- Release date: 07-06-16
- Language: English
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The Question of Palestine
- By: Edward W. Said
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance4
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A major work by one of the great public intellectuals of the twentieth century, The Question of Palestine was the first book to narrate the modern Palestinian experience in English. Edward Said’s project to ‘bring Palestine into history’ was unquestionably a success – there is no longer a question of whether Palestine had a history before colonization – and yet Palestinian self-determination is as distant as ever.
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Excellent
- By Z.H. on 08-01-25
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The Question of Palestine
- Narrated by: Peter Ganim
- Length: 12 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 26-11-24
- Language: English
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Figures in a Landscape
- People and Places
- By: Paul Theroux
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall21
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Performance18
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Drawing together a fascinating body of writing from over 14 years of work, Figures in a Landscape ranges from profiles of cultural icons (Oliver Sacks, Elizabeth Taylor, Robin Williams) to intimate personal remembrances, from thrilling adventures in Africa to literary writings from Theroux's rich and expansive personal reading. Collectively these pieces offer a fascinating portrait of the author himself, his extraordinary life and his restless and ever-curious mind.
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Great variety of topics.... mostly very interesting
- By Nicky Ramone on 06-08-18
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Figures in a Landscape
- People and Places
- Narrated by: Edoardo Ballerini
- Length: 16 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 07-06-18
- Language: English
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Pure Drivel
- By: Steve Martin
- Narrated by: Steve Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall13
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Performance10
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Grammy Award Nominee for Best Spoken Word Album! Steve Martin's talent has always defied definition: an actor who's kept us riveted for over 25 years, a razor-sharp screenwriter, an acclaimed playwright. In this ingeniously funny collection of humorous riffs, those who thought Martin's gifts...
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absolutely witty and great
- By KA ALVAREZ AGUILAR on 08-01-19
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Pure Drivel
- Narrated by: Steve Martin
- Length: 2 hrs and 13 mins
- Release date: 16-12-99
- Language: English
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Words Are My Matter
- By: Ursula K. Le Guin
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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"When I'm writing non-fiction I have to be very aware of my tendency to let the words take their own course, leading me softly, happily, away from fact, away from rigorous connection of ideas, toward my native country, fiction and poetry, where truths are expressed and thoughts connected in an...
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Words Are My Matter
- Narrated by: Laurel Lefkow
- Length: 13 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 31-12-25
- Language: English
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OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
- By: Patrick Freyne
- Narrated by: Patrick Freyne
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall110
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Performance96
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Brought to you by Penguin. Patrick Freyne has tried a lot of stupid ideas in his life. Now, in his scintillating debut, he is here to tell you about them: like the time (aged 5) he opened a gate and let a horse out of its field, just to see what would happen; or the time (aged 19) he jumped out...
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Be wary of listening in public
- By Sue murphy on 12-10-20
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OK, Let's Do Your Stupid Idea
- Narrated by: Patrick Freyne
- Length: 5 hrs and 27 mins
- Release date: 17-09-20
- Language: English
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Boys Bars Becoming
- By: Huck Smith
- Narrated by: Huck Smith
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Some of us found ourselves in rooms with sticky floors. Dollar drinks. Music loud enough to feel in your sternum. Strangers who became your people before you even knew their names. A world that existed before the apps, before the algorithms, before you had to optimize yourself for someone else's checklist. We are human first. Gay second. And this is a book about the human underneath. Boys Bars Becoming is a collection of essays about gay men of a certain age — who we were in those rooms, who we became outside of them, and who we are still trying to figure out how to be.
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Boys Bars Becoming
- Narrated by: Huck Smith
- Length: 4 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 08-06-26
- Language: English
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A Guest at the Feast
- By: Colm Tóibín
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Performance11
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In his essay about the life of Irish writer John McGahern, Tóibín reveals the tones of melancholy and amusement within both art and the artist. In his extraordinary essay on his cancer diagnosis, Tóibín unpicks the word 'battle', and illuminates the distress, horror and blankness of his experiences. From the shades of light and dark in a Venice without tourists, to the streets of Buenos Aires riddled with disappearances and tied up with dictators and politics, we find ourselves considering law and religion in Ireland as well as in Marilynne Robinson's fiction.
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Captivating series of essays read by the author
- By Miss A. Creamer on 08-09-23
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A Guest at the Feast
- Narrated by: Colm Tóibín
- Length: 9 hrs and 37 mins
- Release date: 03-11-22
- Language: English
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