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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a high-concept audiobook written by and starring Elvis Costello, with an all-star cast including Harry Shearer and a musical pedigree that can be traced back to a stone cold 70s classic….

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The True Story of The Coward Brothers

A: Elvis Costello

N: T Bone Burnett, Elvis Costello, Rhea Seehorn, Edward Hibbert, Stephen Root, Kathreen Khavari

L: 1 hr and 43 mins

R: 21-11-24

P: Audible Originals

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we pay tribute to award-winning comedian, playwright and author Janey Godley.

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Janey

The Woman That Won't Shut Up

By: Janey Godley

Narrated by: Janey Godley

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Release date: 09-05-24

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we felt that in these uncertain times, what we needed was a comforting cup of audiobook cocoa.

To this end, we head to rural Buckinghamshire, specifically to Jason Towers, where laird of the manor Sir David Jason will regale us with gentle anecdotes from his eight decades as an actor and British National Treasure..

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This Time Next Year

A Life of Positive Thinking

A: David Jason

P: David Jason

L: 8 hrs and 40 mins

R: 10-10-24

Publisher: Penguin Audio

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Janey

The Woman That Won't Shut Up

By: Janey Godley

Narrated by: Janey Godley

Length: 5 hrs and 26 mins

Release date: 09-05-24

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, a brand new novel featuring John le Carré's superspy George Smiley, written by his son Nick Harkaway, read by Sir Simon Russell-Beale.

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'Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel

A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré

N: Simon Russell Beale

L: 10 hrs and 42 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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This Time Next Year

A Life of Positive Thinking

By: David Jason

Narrated by: David Jason

Length: 8 hrs and 40 mins

Unabridged Audiobook

Release date: 10-10-24

Language: English

Publisher: Penguin Audio

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, we head to The Bronx of the late 1940s and the sepia-tinted alleyways and rooftops of the tenement buildings where a young Alfredo James Pacino and his ragtag gang of pre-pubescent ruffians ran wild…

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'Sonny Boy: A Memoir'

A: Al Pacino

P: Al Pacino

L: 12 hrs and 28 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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Karla's Choice: A John le Carré Novel

A: Nick Harkaway, John le Carré

N: Simon Russell Beale

L: 10 hrs and 42 mins

P: Penguin Audio

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, some life affirming advice from British Comedy National Treasure Miranda Hart

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I Haven't Been Entirely Honest with You

W: Miranda Hart

N: Miranda Hart

L: 10 hrs and 9 mins

Release date: 10-10-24

P: Penguin Audio

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On this episode of #AudioBookClub, in perhaps the biggest week for new releases in the publishing calendar, we retreat to 2011 to curl up in a corner with Steve's favourite 'comfort audiobook' of all time.

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Steve Jobs: The Exclusive Biography

W: Walter Isaacson

N: Dylan Baker, Walter Isaacson (introduction)

L: 25 hrs and 3 mins

Release date: 24-10-11

P: Little, Brown Audio

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To coincide with the release of 'The Siege', Matt had a conversation with Ben MacIntyre covering his work with particular focus on Colditz and previewing his latest work on the events in London back in 1981.

This episode is paired up with our review of 'The Siege' that shold also be showing up on your feed.

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The Siege - The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

A: Ben Macintyre

N: Ben Macintyre

L: 14 hrs and 27 mins

R: 12-09-24

P: Penguin Audio

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This episode sees Matt and Steve go back to 1980, dredging up their memories as sub-10 year olds of the Iranian Embassy siege in London.

Ben MacIntryre is back with another epic movie-like recounting of the story from those who were there, taking us from the domestic to the global, with lots of snooker thrown in.

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Audiobook details:

The Siege - The Remarkable Story of the Greatest SAS Hostage Drama

A: Ben Macintyre

N: Ben Macintyre

L: 14 hrs and 27 mins

R: 12-09-24

P: Penguin Audio

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We Solve Murders

A: Richard Osman

P: Nicola Walker

L: 10 hrs and 33 mins

Release date: 12-09-24

P: Penguin Audio

On this week's #AudioBookClub we celebrate the release of Richard Osman's fourth novel.

His first three novels were set primarily in a retirement village in the Kent countryside "where the Waitrose delivery vans clink with wine and repeat prescriptions every time they pass over the cattle grid"

Novel number four is set on a slightly larger stage…

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