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Laidlaw
- A Laidlaw Investigation, Book 1
- By: William McIlvanney
- Narrated by: William McIlvanney
- Length: 7 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 579
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 536
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Story4 out of 5 stars 535
Meet Jack Laidlaw, the original damaged detective. When a young woman is found brutally murdered on Glasgow Green, only Laidlaw stands a chance of finding her murderer from among the hard men, gangland villains and self-made moneymen who lurk in the city's shadows. Winner of the CWA Silver Dagger.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Magic!
- By Mrs on 28-06-13
- Laidlaw
- A Laidlaw Investigation, Book 1
- By: William McIlvanney
- Narrated by: William McIlvanney
Incredible reading, can't recommend enough
Reviewed: 15-03-18
McIlvanney reads the book himself and it his reading is something really special, it has a gravity and dignity like nothing I've ever listened to on Audible
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River Town
- Two Years on the Yangtze
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 14 hrs and 36 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 50
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 36
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 37
In the heart of China's Sichuan province, amid the terraced hills of the Yangtze River valley, lies the remote town of Fuling. Like many other small cities in this ever-evolving country, Fuling is heading down a new path of change and growth, which came into remarkably sharp focus when Peter Hessler arrived as a Peace Corps volunteer, marking the first time in more than half a century that the city had an American resident.
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2 out of 5 stars
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Absorbing book ruined by narrator
- By Pete Millwood on 13-06-12
- River Town
- Two Years on the Yangtze
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
Great book, Appalling Narrator
Reviewed: 08-02-16
How did the narrator detract from the book?
He can't pronounce a single word of Chinese correctly. The city of Chengdu is refered to as Chengde about fifty times despite Chengde being a completely different city. At another point he reads the character Xue over and over again, during a section where the author discusses studying Chinese. He says Xue about 25 times in a row, slowly, over and over. He says it wrong every single time.
He's actually a decent narrator but somewhere between the pronunciation and his insistence on giving all the Chinese characters a semi-racist-sounding Chinaman-voice he ruins the whole thing.
It would have taken half an hour to learn how to say the fifty or so Chinese words in the book. He didn't bother. It's an insult to the author and an insult to the audience.
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Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
- Length: 18 hrs and 32 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 29
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Performance4 out of 5 stars 18
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 18
A century ago, outsiders saw China as a place where nothing ever changes. Today, the country has become one of the most dynamic regions on earth. In Oracle Bones, Peter Hessler explores the human side of China's transformation, viewing modern-day China and its growing links to the Western world through the lives of a handful of ordinary people.
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5 out of 5 stars
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brilliant! great read, interesting and enjoyable
- By Jo on 30-09-11
- Oracle Bones
- A Journey Through Time in China
- By: Peter Hessler
- Narrated by: Peter Berkrot
*** for the reader
Reviewed: 24-09-15
Great book, the reader is generally quite good but his Chinese pronunciation is pretty bad.
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