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The Audiobook of the Year
- Narrated by: James Harkin, Jane Hill, Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski
- Length: 9 hrs and 25 mins
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Publisher's Summary
Random House Audiobooks presents The Audiobook of the Year, written and read by the team behind hit podcast No Such Thing as a Fish: James Harkin, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski and Dan Schreiber.
In a year when much of the news was believable but fake comes an audiobook packed with stories that are unbelievable but true.
The Audiobook of the Year is a feature-length edition of the award-winning hit comedy podcast No Such Thing as a Fish. Each week over a million people tune in to find out what bizarre and astonishing facts Dan, James, Anna and Andy have found out over the previous seven days. Now the gang have turned their attention to the news of the past 12 months.
You'll discover the curious details behind the main headlines - how Donald Trump slept on the 66th floor of a 58-storey building, what effect Brexit had on Coco Pops, and why China's president can't stand Winnie the Pooh - as well as hundreds of stories you may have missed entirely, like the news that:
Qatar built a refugee camp for camels
2,000 bees were stolen in Beeston
The victim of Britain's first ever shark attack ended up with a cut thumb.
From bizarre arrests to baffling elections, via a surprising amount of sausage news, The Audiobook of the Year is an eye-opening tour of the incredible year you didn't know you'd lived through.
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- Chris Williams
- 20-04-2018
Its fast paced with plenty in it
Would you listen to The Audiobook of the Year again? Why?
Yes. There is a lot to take in, and it moves pretty fast
What did you like best about this story?
What story?
What does the narrators bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?
English accents
If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?
I'd say it was written by Quentin Tarantino. I like him and his name will grab headlines. The film would make loads of money, and I'd get a promotion. In a few years I'd be in a position of power and would be making enough money to finance an impressive coke habit
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- Anonymous User
- 09-01-2018
So Goood.
It was fantastic. It is just like their show, with less banter in alphabetical order.
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- Kingsley
- 06-10-2019
Excellent
If you're a fan of the podcast I cannot recommend this enough. If you've not listened to the podcast this is a sometimes humorous review of the years lesser known stories and facts.
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- Dan
- 13-11-2017
9 hour podcast? Yes please!
More structured than the podcast, but still has enough improv to keep things fun. Absolute must listen for any fans of No Such Thing As A Fish.
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- Jess
- 16-01-2018
Five stars!
This brought me so much joy and happiness! I can’t listen to it over and over and I’m sure I will never get bored.
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- Jesay
- 30-05-2019
hilariously educational and fun.
loved it! have read once and listened twice. cannot get enough of the elves. 15.
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- Swarup
- 06-12-2017
Not really a story
But very well bound together facts in alphabetical order. Tons of great facts for anyone
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- Anonymous User
- 07-02-2018
So funny
Hilarious and informative. Love the podcast, loved the audio book. Would definitely recommend it to all my friends.
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- Clio
- 28-05-2018
QI Elves Doing What They Do Best!
If you listen to the 'No Such Thing As A Fish' podcast then this book will not be new to you. I find that over the years the amount of crazy and unbelievable facts about life on this planet and beyond are worth a second or third visit and so this book is one that you can listen to over and over and still find funny, informative and in some cases quite mind boggling! Good fun.
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- aaaj
- 01-03-2018
Quite Interesting
The way they go off-book to comment related things makes this so much better than it otherwise would be.
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