Big Sky
Jackson Brodie, Book 5
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Narrated by:
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Jason Isaacs
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By:
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Kate Atkinson
About this listen
Brought to you by Penguin.
Shortlisted for the Audible Sounds of Crime Award 2020.
The highly anticipated return of Jackson Brodie, ex-military, ex-Cambridge Constabulary, now private investigator. This audiobook is narrated by Jason Issacs, who starred as Jackson Brodie in the television series ‘Case Histories’.
Jackson Brodie has relocated to a quiet seaside village in North Yorkshire, in the occasional company of his recalcitrant teenage son Nathan and ageing Labrador Dido, both at the discretion of his former partner Julia. It's a picturesque setting, but there's something darker lurking behind the scenes.
Jackson's current job, gathering proof of an unfaithful husband for his suspicious wife, seems straightforward, but a chance encounter with a desperate man on a crumbling cliff leads him into a sinister network-and back into the path of someone from his past. Old secrets and new lies intersect in this breathtaking new novel, both sharply funny and achingly sad, by one of the most dazzling and surprising writers at work today.
'Jason Issacs - best known for playing Lucius Malfoy in the Harry Potter films - [is] a popular and adept narrator, who has done all five Brodie novels with great flair. This book has all Atkinson's genius hallmarks: funny, sad, heartwarming and gripping.' Daily Mail
‘Narrator Jason Isaacs (who starred in the "Case Histories" TV series) is the perfect match for this multifaceted story. His confident and polished delivery allows both the wit in the writing and the tension of the plot to come together.’ AudioFile Magazine
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- Noinam
- 03-10-2019
Grim, funny, poignant
I am an Atkinson devotee so always a little bias in reviewing her work but I loved this most recent Jackson Brodie episode. It’s not so much him - but the entire cast of ‘good’ and ‘bad’ characters: their pasts, presents, hopes and failures. It was sad, funny, horrific in parts too. I wish I could write like Kate Atkinson!
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- Anonymous User
- 22-07-2019
Wonderful northern characters
I loved it, truly disturbing theme with beautiful sense of justice and humour. Perfect narration
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- Anonymous User
- 17-12-2019
Engaging narration of a fabulous book
Kate Atkinson has great wit and a literary style that never disappoints me. Big Sky is funny and thoughtful at the same time. Jason Isaacs is the perfect narrator... very easy on the ear!
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- elizabeth b.
- 21-06-2019
Big sky
Wonderful story and so cleverly written. I love all her books this one is top notch.
Jason Isaacs read it brilliantly.
A great read.
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- Ann M. Chandra
- 03-03-2020
It’s Kahmady, not Carmowdee
Engaging story and fine narration, except for the bewildering pronunciation of the name of a character called Carmody. Or is it just me?
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- Tracey
- 24-01-2024
An entertaining listen
A slightly shambolic dose of Jackson Brodies adventures but filled with dark humour and the most unusual selection of characters. Maybe too many? I appreciated the narrators skill framing the different personalities with vocal inflections and generally well crafted dialogue. Looking forward to the next adventure!
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- Dudley
- 10-07-2019
A great story but needs a serious editor
I really enjoyed this story but was very frustrated with the story plot. It jumped all over the place - at one stage I thought it had been recorded out of sequence.
This lack of appropriate plot sequences diminished what could have been a great story.
Instead of being great it was good.
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- Shalleycat
- 13-04-2020
Atkinson's Achilles
A huge fan of Atkinson, I found this book disappointing. Lacks character complexity; multi twists.
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- Mari
- 29-11-2020
Another great story
Highly recommend that you read the series in order to understand the complexities of Jackson Brodie’s life. If you have then you know what to expect - lots of disparate stories dovetailing into one grand finale with a cast of flawed, some awful but some some lovely characters. Hope there will be another instalment.
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- Linda
- 23-06-2020
Excellent narration of a clever jigsaw of a book
The narrator is utterly brilliant. Jason Isaacs by turns evokes empathy and disgust. Having read the hard copy of some Jackson Brodie books before listening to subsequent instalments, I can say the choice of narrator is perfect. It's a compelling and cleverly interwoven story. Call it a crime novel if you must categorise it, but it's superlative in that genre. I found myself silenty cheering for Brodie as he breaks the law for good reasons. He's a thoroughly decent and underappreciated bloke. There's nasty, disturbing crime at the centre of the story, but it's a satisfying tale nontheless.
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