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The Best Man's Ghostwriter

By: Matthew Starr
Narrated by: Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Ashley Park, Lance Bass, D’Arcy Carden, Zach Braff, full cast
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Publisher's Summary

A bad best man’s speech can ruin a wedding. Why do we plan every detail of a perfect day and then give the groom’s idiot best friend five minutes of total power?

Enter Nate (Glen Powell), a speechwriter-for-hire who helps people write incredible best man speeches. To keep the best man from embarrassing himself (and the newlyweds), Nate uses his list of don’ts: Don’t mention the exes, don’t be rated R, and don’t bum everyone out. Nate’s system never fails. That is, until he meets Dan (Nicholas Braun), the dopey, hopelessly awkward best man for the biggest social media influencer’s wedding of the year. On top of that, Nate just got engaged to the woman of his dreams, and now he has to find his own best man–forcing him to confront a brutal friendship breakup with his former best friend.

As Nate helps Dan with his speech, he explores the insane and often idiotic world of male friendship and must come up with an answer to the one question most men never think about: Why is their best friend their best friend?

Featuring an all-star cast including Ashley Park, D’Arcy Carden, Lance Bass, Zach Braff, and more, The Best Man’s Ghostwriter is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt audio show written and directed by comedian and former real-life best man’s ghostwriter, Matthew Starr.

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Editorial Review

Hot Glen Summer for your ears
With the perfect balance of humour and heart, The Best Man's Ghostwriter is a must-listen for anyone who's ever had a best friend – or been part of a wedding party gone haywire. Hollywood heartthrobs Glen Powell and Nicholas Braun have fantastic chemistry (you can absolutely tell that these real-life friends recorded their scenes together), and their performances are elevated by cameos from comedy greats like D’Arcy Carden, Jason Mantzoukas, Jack McBrayer and more. While the premise centres on a disastrous best man speech, there's a heartwarming message about vulnerability amid the hilarious hijinks, and some actually helpful speech-writing tips. Highly recommended for a hefty dose of laughs and unexpected poignancy. Bonus: You can close your eyes and picture Glen Powell in a tuxedo the whole time. — Robyn F., Audible Editor

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Great charismatic voice acting, entertaining and also emotional story, a few flat moments where it dragged, but overall fantastic

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Hallmark for the ears

Surprised by how much I enjoyed this. It is totally a made for tv audible book. And that is not a bad thing at all

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Short and sweet

This was a really enjoyable short listen between books in a large series. The narration and characters were great and really engaging! Definitely recommend for something refreshing without a huge commitment.

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Great cast clearly having a lot of fun

The story for this is a bit udnercooked, especially the bits about Xavier, but really who cares when everyone is doing the most in all their roles. I could stand to never hear Debra Messing's voice ever again, but everyone else is a who's who of fun actors (Zach Braff was a surprise! Lance Bass! those cameos from other best men!) and the chemistry is just off the charts. Was actually sad when it was over, which is the best feeling

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story too long, hard to follow gets boring just keeps on and on only listened as I was travelling. it's not one I could relax to

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