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A Bright Ray of Darkness
- By: Ethan Hawke
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall84
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Performance78
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Story77
A bracing meditation on fame and celebrity, and the redemptive, healing power of art; a portrait of the ravages of disappointment and divorce; a poignant consideration of the rites of fatherhood and manhood; a novel soaked in rage and sex, longing and despair; and a passionate love letter to the world of theatre, A Bright Ray of Darkness showcases Ethan Hawke's gifts as a novelist as never before.
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A beautiful, outstanding novel
- By Amazon Customer on 08-02-21
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A Bright Ray of Darkness
- Narrated by: Ethan Hawke
- Length: 7 hrs and 38 mins
- Release date: 02-02-21
- Language: English
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The Gameshouse
- The Serpent, The Thief and The Master
- By: Claire North
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall289
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Performance272
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Story271
It is the place where fortunes can be made and lost though chess, backgammon - every game under the sun. But those whom fortune favours may be invited to compete in the higher league...where the games played are of politics and nations, of economics and kings. It is a contest where Capture the Castle involves real castles and where hide and seek takes place on the scale of a continent. Among those worthy of competing in the higher league, three unusually talented contestants play for the highest stakes of all....
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Wow. Claire North does it again.
- By Simon, Oxford on 27-11-15
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The Gameshouse
- The Serpent, The Thief and The Master
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Series: Gameshouse, Book 1-3
- Length: 11 hrs and 24 mins
- Release date: 05-11-15
- Language: English
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コンビニ人間
- By: 村田 沙耶香
- Narrated by: 大久保 佳代子
- Length: 3 hrs and 42 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5
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Performance5
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第155回(2016年)芥川龍之介賞受賞作
36歳未婚女性、古倉恵子。
大学卒業後も就職せず、コンビニのバイトは18年目。
これまで彼氏なし。
オープン当初からスマイルマート日色駅前店で働き続け、
変わりゆくメンバーを見送りながら、店長は8人目だ。
日々食べるのはコンビニ食、夢の中でもコンビニのレジを打ち、
清潔なコンビニの風景と「いらっしゃいませ!」の掛け声が、
毎日の安らかな眠りをもたらしてくれる。
仕事も家庭もある同窓生たちからどんなに不思議がられても、
完璧なマニュアルの存在するコンビニこそが、
私を世界の正常な「部品」にしてくれる――。
ある日、婚活目的の新入り男性、白羽がやってきて、
そんなコンビニ的生き方は
「恥ずかしくないのか」とつきつけられるが……。
現代の実存を問い、
正常と異常の境目がゆらぐ衝撃のリアリズム小説。-
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Beware sound issues
- By nyami on 17-06-23
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Snowdrops
- By: A. D. Miller
- Narrated by: Kevin Howarth
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall207
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Performance78
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Story77
A riveting psychological drama that unfolds over the course of one Moscow winter, as a thirty-something Englishman’s moral compass is spun by the seductive opportunities revealed to him by a new Russia: a land of hedonism and desperation, corruption and kindness, magical dachas and debauched nightclubs: a place where secrets - and corpses - come to light only when the deep snows start to thaw...
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Disappointing and a bit dreary
- By LilyRose on 08-11-11
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Snowdrops
- Narrated by: Kevin Howarth
- Length: 6 hrs and 11 mins
- Release date: 14-03-11
- Language: English
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The Other Family
- By: Joanna Trollope
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall39
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Performance32
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Story32
Chrissie knew that Richie had loved her for all the twenty-three years they’d been together, loved their three daughters and their house in Highgate and their happy, chaotic existence. Richie gave her everything, except the one thing that would have made her life perfect. She even had a sparkling ring - but it was not a wedding ring, and did not bring with it the security of marriage. That belonged to Margaret, back in Newcastle where Richie had started off as a musician, before he became famous.
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Still as talented as ever!
- By Frances G on 06-02-15
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The Other Family
- Narrated by: Julia Franklin
- Length: 9 hrs and 51 mins
- Release date: 19-11-10
- Language: English
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Poppet
- By: Mo Hayder
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall240
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Performance212
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Story213
The Maude is outside. It wants to come in. It wants to sit on your chest. The mentally ill patients in Amberly Secure Unit are highly suggestible. A hallucination can spread like a virus. When unexplained power cuts lead to a series of horrifying incidents, fear spreads from the inmates to the staff. Amidst the growing hysteria, AJ, a senior psychiatric nurse, is desperate to protect his charges.
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Gripping and terrifying
- By Saffy on 12-01-14
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Poppet
- Narrated by: Jot Davies
- Series: Jack Caffery, Book 6
- Length: 12 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 28-03-13
- Language: English
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Never the Bride
- By: Paul Magrs
- Narrated by: Joanna Tope
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall128
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Performance106
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Story106
Brenda has had a long and eventful life and she has come to Whitby to run a B&B in search of some peace and quiet. She and her best friend Effie like nothing better than going out for tea and keeping their eyes open for any of the mysterious goings on in town. But the oddest thing in Whitby may well be Brenda herself. With her terrible scars, her strange lack of a surname or the fact that she takes two different shoe sizes, Brenda should have known that people as, well, unique as she is, just aren’t destined for a quiet life.
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Amusing interlude.
- By Crackdown on 26-05-15
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Never the Bride
- Narrated by: Joanna Tope
- Series: Brenda & Effie, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 39 mins
- Release date: 01-04-10
- Language: English
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Thirteen Moons
- By: Charles Frazier
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall23
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Performance19
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Story19
At the age of twelve, under the Wind Moon, Will is given a horse, a key, and a map, and sent alone into the Indian Nation to run a trading post as a bound boy. It is during this time that he grows into a man, learning, as he does, of the raw power it takes to create a life, to find a home. In a...
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Evocotive of the times
- By Amazon Customer on 06-07-14
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Thirteen Moons
- Narrated by: John Chancer
- Length: 16 hrs and 20 mins
- Release date: 16-01-12
- Language: English
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Rosemary's Baby
- By: Ira Levin
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall287
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Performance258
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Story255
Rosemary Woodhouse and her struggling-actor husband, Guy, move into the Bramford, an old New York City apartment building with an ominous reputation and only elderly residents. Neighbours Roman and Minnie Castavet soon come nosing around to welcome them; despite Rosemary's reservations about their eccentricity and the weird noises that she keeps hearing, her husband starts spending time with them.
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Insidious classic
- By Dallas Winston 9 on 18-08-17
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Rosemary's Baby
- Narrated by: Katherine Fenton
- Length: 7 hrs and 43 mins
- Release date: 26-01-17
- Language: English
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Four Letters of Love
- The international bestseller, now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan
- By: Niall Williams
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall100
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Performance91
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Story92
When I was twelve years old God spoke to my father for the first time. God didn't say much. He told my father to be a painter and left it at that . . . ' So begins Niall Williams' magical tale about love and destiny. Nicholas Coughlan and Isabel Gore were made for each other -- but fate doesn't...
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Balm for the soul
- By chuck on 27-04-25
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Four Letters of Love
- The international bestseller, now a major film starring Helena Bonham Carter and Pierce Brosnan
- Narrated by: Gerry O'Brien
- Length: 9 hrs and 9 mins
- Release date: 08-05-14
- Language: English
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Veiller sur elle - Prix Goncourt 2023 - Prix du roman Fnac 2023 - Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle 2024
- By: Jean-Baptiste Andrea
- Narrated by: Léo Dussolier, Lila Tamazit
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall32
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Performance32
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Story32
Au grand jeu du destin, Mimo a tiré les mauvaises cartes. Né pauvre, il est confié en apprentissage à un sculpteur de pierre sans envergure. Mais il a du génie entre les mains. Toutes les fées ou presque se sont penchées sur Viola Orsini. Héritière d'une famille prestigieuse, elle a passé son enfance à l'ombre d'un palais génois. Mais elle a trop d'ambition pour se résigner à la place qu'on lui assigne.
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Le plus beau livre que j'ai lu pendant toute l'année.
- By Jan on 24-12-25
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Veiller sur elle - Prix Goncourt 2023 - Prix du roman Fnac 2023 - Grand Prix des Lectrices Elle 2024
- Narrated by: Léo Dussolier, Lila Tamazit
- Length: 12 hrs and 53 mins
- Release date: 24-08-23
- Language: French
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The Ice Cream Girls
- a gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author
- By: Dorothy Koomson
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Julie Maisey, Sean Barrett
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall449
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Performance397
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Story396
As teenagers, Poppy Carlisle and Serena Gorringe were the only witnesses to a tragic event. Amid heated public debate, the two seemingly glamorous teens were dubbed 'The Ice Cream Girls' by the press and were dealt with by the courts. Years later, having led very different lives, Poppy is keen...
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Another Cracking Dorothy Koomson Listen
- By Liz on 18-06-13
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The Ice Cream Girls
- a gripping psychological thriller from the bestselling author
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh, Julie Maisey, Sean Barrett
- Series: Ice Cream Girls, Book 1
- Length: 13 hrs and 26 mins
- Release date: 25-04-13
- Language: English
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A Week in December
- By: Sebastian Faulks
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Abridged
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Overall52
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Performance32
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Story31
Brought to you by Penguin. Seven Londoners are invited to an opulent dinner party. From a brutal hedge-funder to a lovelorn barrister, a Polish footballer to a pickle magnate, they are defined by the virtual worlds of religious extremism, financial gambling, drugs and internet obsession they...
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Exceptional
- By A. L. Monica on 28-06-17
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A Week in December
- Narrated by: Dan Stevens
- Length: 5 hrs and 35 mins
- Release date: 27-08-09
- Language: English
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The World According To Garp
- By: John Irving
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall241
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Performance219
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Story217
A masterpiece from one of the great contemporary American writers. 'A wonderful novel, full of energy and art, at once funny and heartbreaking...terrific' WASHINGTON POST Anniversary edition with a new afterword from the author. A worldwide bestseller since its publication, Irving's classic is...
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Maiming is the name of the game
- By Fanshawe61 on 22-08-20
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The World According To Garp
- Narrated by: Adam Sims
- Length: 21 hrs and 4 mins
- Release date: 19-03-20
- Language: English
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The Thing Around Your Neck
- By: Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall391
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Performance342
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Story342
From Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, the Orange Prize-winning author of Half of a Yellow Sun, come 12 dazzling stories in which she turns her penetrating eye on the ties that bind men and women, parents and children, Nigeria and the West. Searing and profound, suffused with beauty, sorrow and longing, this collection is a resounding confirmation of Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie's prodigious storytelling powers.
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Gripping short stories but terrible performance
- By Aisha on 13-09-18
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The Thing Around Your Neck
- Narrated by: Adjoa Andoh
- Length: 6 hrs and 52 mins
- Release date: 12-08-09
- Language: English
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Remember Me?
- By: Sophie Kinsella
- Narrated by: Sally Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Abridged
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Overall297
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Performance233
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Story231
Brought to you by Penguin. The hilarious romantic comedy from NUMBER ONE BESTSELLING AUTHOR Sophie Kinsella Lexi wakes up in a hospital bed after a car accident, thinking she's twenty-five with crooked teeth and a disastrous love life. But, to her disbelief, she learns it's actually three years...
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Loads of the book is missing!!
- By Tracey on 24-05-21
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Remember Me?
- Narrated by: Sally Phillips
- Length: 3 hrs and 14 mins
- Release date: 07-01-08
- Language: English
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Revolution 2020
- By: Chetan Bhagat
- Narrated by: Merrill Sequeira
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall8
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Performance7
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Story7
The novel is set in Varanasi. Chetan Bhagat initiates the story through the central character of Gopal. It is through Gopal's narration of his life to the author that we are introduced to Raghav and Aarti. The story revolves around these three characters. While Gopal comes from a poor family, Raghav comes from a well-off family. Both set out to achieve success and realise their dreams.
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Exceptional book
- By Mohammed Ismail on 12-02-16
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Revolution 2020
- Narrated by: Merrill Sequeira
- Length: 7 hrs and 25 mins
- Release date: 24-12-14
- Language: English
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My Italian Bulldozer
- By: Alexander McCall Smith
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall147
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Performance134
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Story135
When writer Paul Stewart heads to the idyllic Italian town of Montalcino to finish his already late book, it seems like the perfect escape from stressful city life. Upon landing, however, things quickly take a turn for the worse when he discovers his hired car is nowhere to be found. With no record of any reservation and no other cars available, it looks like Paul is stuck at the airport. That is, until an enterprising stranger offers him an unexpected alternative.
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Good quality easy listening.
- By Mary Carnegie on 26-06-16
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My Italian Bulldozer
- Narrated by: Timothy Ackroyd
- Series: Paul Stewart, Book 1
- Length: 6 hrs and 44 mins
- Release date: 19-05-16
- Language: English
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools
- By: Victoria Twead
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall253
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Performance235
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Story233
If Joe and Vicky had known what relocating to a tiny mountain village in Andalucía would really be like, they might have hesitated. They can have no idea of the culture shock in store for them...no idea they'll become reluctant chicken farmers and own the most dangerous cockerel in Spain...no idea they'll help capture a vulture and be rescued by a mule. Will they stay, or will they return to the relative sanity of England?
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FANTASTIC!!
- By Anonymous on 02-03-23
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Chickens, Mules and Two Old Fools
- Narrated by: Jilly Bond
- Series: Old Fools, Book 1
- Length: 7 hrs and 33 mins
- Release date: 21-06-18
- Language: English
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