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Blessed
- The Breakout Year of Rampaging Roy Slaven
- Narrated by: John Doyle
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Publisher's Summary
Who is Rampaging Roy Slaven? An Australian icon, a raconteur, an athlete of unsurpassable - and some may say improbable - sporting feats. Whether it was riding Rooting King to another Melbourne Cup victory, commentating the Olympics or hobnobbing with the country's upper crust, Rampaging Roy Slaven has lived an extraordinary life.
But even some of the greatest men come from humble beginnings. Before he shot to fame as Australia's most talented sportsman, he was just another kid in Lithgow, trying to avoid Brother Connell's strap and garner the attention of Susan Morgan from the local Catholic girls school.
Blessed follows one year in the life of the boy who would become Rampaging Roy Slaven, a boy who, even at the age of 15, knew he was destined for greatness but had to get through high school first.
John Doyle, the man who knows him best, delves into the early years of the master of midfield mayhem.
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Overall3 out of 5 stars
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- Tim
- 11-12-21
Solid but ....well...just solid
Not much here. a simple story that moves a little. Without the names Slaven and Doyle this would be a zero. Needed more humour or a richer story
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Performance1 out of 5 stars
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- David
- 08-09-21
Not great, Roy
Becomes an anti Catholic polemic, and I am no Catholic, so hugely disappointing. Much of promise in the Doyle/Slavin story, but there is real confusion between the fictional and real persons in this story, and it seems that the possibility of joy has been compromised in the interests of jihad. HG's story of life in the Barossa is at least better if entertainment without sermonising is the goal, although even that is not up to their 80s peak.
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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Performance5 out of 5 stars
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- Robbie
- 09-12-21
Simply Brilliant
You would expect nothing less from one of the most naturally gifted humans to ever call Lithgow home…
My only critique is that Mudgee is not a shit hole.
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- Anonymous User
- 08-27-21
I didn't want this story to end
Endearing, funny, warm, masterfully told and narrated. Instant Australian classic. John Doyle has done a brilliant job with this fictional tale that must be largely fashioned from his real childhood experiences and associates, it just feels too pure and true to be otherwise.
I was drawn in very early and I found myself looking at the 'minutes remaining' after every listen with regret. It was a real treat and as you would expect, John really delivers a great performance.
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- Paul H Bowers
- 03-20-23
A great listen.
Wonderful to rediscover how everyday life was in Lithgow, and, therefore, all other country towns during the ‘60s.
Flawless narration, and thoroughly entertaining.
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- Anonymous User
- 03-08-23
Better than when I read it myself
Doyle brings the characters to life with warmth and, well, recognition. I enjoyed it more than when I read it myself.
Loved it completely.
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- Josh Button
- 07-02-22
A Fun Yarn
A coming of age story from another age. A fun yarn narrated by a brilliant storyteller. I could listen to Doyle all day.
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- Anonymous User
- 05-05-22
Great listen and performance
A fantastic listen and Mr Doyle as anticipated produced a terrific story and performance. Please deliver 1968 asap!
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- Brett
- 04-18-22
The True Story of Rampaging Roy Slaven
Every Australian knows Rampaging Roy Slaven, the most successful sportsman ever thanks to his unbeaten prowess in footy, cricket and tennis.
Now we get the inside story on his breakout year back in Lithgow.
Riveting, truly beautiful and very funny. Don’t miss it!
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Overall5 out of 5 stars
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- Brendon R
- 04-07-22
Sensational!
An absolutely brilliant audio book, loved every minute of it. Extremely well written and narrated perfectly.
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- David
- 04-03-22
Heart warming - laugh and cry simultaneously!
I cannot adequately express just how much I enjoyed listening to John Doyle read his work. So many memories, images and ideas came alive from my own school years in response to his deft expressions and playful story telling.
Thank you Mr Doyle.
Thank you!
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- Peter Cornthwaite
- 03-05-22
Chuckles!
Loved it - a great Aussie story, I had a number of chuckles listening to this 😊
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Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why censor an autobiography? Please don’t do that.
- By Paul B on 02-07-22
By: Bob Mortimer
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Just Ignore Him
- A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick
- By: Alan Davies
- Narrated by: Alan Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story5 out of 5 stars 166
Through even the joyous and innocent memories, the pain of Davies' lifelong grief and profound betrayal is unfiltered, searing and beautifully articulated. Just Ignore Him is not only an autobiography, it is a testament to a survivor's resilience and courage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is my five-star this year
- By Kristofer Jarl on 11-18-20
By: Alan Davies
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Light Perpetual
- A Novel
- By: Francis Spufford
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4 out of 5 stars 109
Lunchtime on a Saturday, 1944: The Woolworths on Bexford High Street in South London receives a delivery of aluminum saucepans. A crowd gathers to see the first new metal in ages - after all, everything’s been melted down for the war effort. An instant later, the crowd is gone; incinerated. Among the shoppers were five young children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding... breathtaking
- By klstickel on 06-05-21
By: Francis Spufford
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Windswept & Interesting
- My Autobiography
- By: Billy Connolly
- Narrated by: Billy Connolly
- Length: 8 hrs and 38 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 383
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 348
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Story5 out of 5 stars 348
In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life. Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of fourth and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Missing his Welles in the Keys
- By Lanette on 03-03-22
By: Billy Connolly
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Sweet Sorrow
- The Long-Awaited New Novel from the Best-Selling Author of One Day
- By: David Nicholls
- Narrated by: Rory Kinnear
- Length: 12 hrs and 48 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 61
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 53
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 53
From the best-selling author of One Day comes a bittersweet and brilliantly funny coming-of-age tale about the heart-stopping thrill of first love - and how just one summer can forever change a life.
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5 out of 5 stars
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My second Nicholls book
- By Mitzi on 09-22-22
By: David Nicholls
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Mayflies
- A Novel
- By: Andrew O'Hagan
- Narrated by: Andrew O'Hagan
- Length: 7 hrs and 26 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 31
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 30
Everyone has a Tully Dawson: the friend who defines your life. In the summer of 1986, in a small Scottish town, James and Tully ignite a brilliant friendship based on music, films, and the rebel spirit. With school over and the locked world of their fathers before them, they rush toward the climax of their youth: a magical weekend in Manchester, the epicenter of everything that inspires them in working-class Britain. There, against the greatest soundtrack ever recorded, a vow is made: to go at life differently.
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5 out of 5 stars
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I will return to this.
- By Steve on 08-13-22
By: Andrew O'Hagan
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And Away...
- By: Bob Mortimer
- Narrated by: Bob Mortimer
- Length: 7 hrs and 59 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 297
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 255
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Story5 out of 5 stars 252
Bob Mortimer’s life was trundling along happily until suddenly in 2015 he was diagnosed with a heart condition that required immediate surgery and forced him to cancel an upcoming tour. The episode unnerved him but forced him to reflect on his life so far. This is the framework for his hilarious and moving memoir, And Away....
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4 out of 5 stars
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Why censor an autobiography? Please don’t do that.
- By Paul B on 02-07-22
By: Bob Mortimer
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Just Ignore Him
- A BBC Two Between the Covers book club pick
- By: Alan Davies
- Narrated by: Alan Davies
- Length: 8 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall5 out of 5 stars 185
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Performance5 out of 5 stars 167
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Story5 out of 5 stars 166
Through even the joyous and innocent memories, the pain of Davies' lifelong grief and profound betrayal is unfiltered, searing and beautifully articulated. Just Ignore Him is not only an autobiography, it is a testament to a survivor's resilience and courage.
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5 out of 5 stars
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This is my five-star this year
- By Kristofer Jarl on 11-18-20
By: Alan Davies
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Light Perpetual
- A Novel
- By: Francis Spufford
- Narrated by: Imogen Church
- Length: 12 hrs and 37 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 131
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 110
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Story4 out of 5 stars 109
Lunchtime on a Saturday, 1944: The Woolworths on Bexford High Street in South London receives a delivery of aluminum saucepans. A crowd gathers to see the first new metal in ages - after all, everything’s been melted down for the war effort. An instant later, the crowd is gone; incinerated. Among the shoppers were five young children.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Outstanding... breathtaking
- By klstickel on 06-05-21
By: Francis Spufford
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Utopia Avenue
- A Novel
- By: David Mitchell
- Narrated by: Ralph Lister
- Length: 25 hrs and 16 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 477
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 417
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 417
Utopia Avenue is the strangest British band you’ve never heard of. Emerging from London’s psychedelic scene in 1967, Utopia Avenue released only two LPs during its brief, blazing journey from the clubs of Soho and drafty ballrooms to Top of the Pops and the cusp of chart success, and on to glory in Amsterdam, prison in Rome, and a fateful American fortnight in the autumn of 1968. David Mitchell’s captivating new novel tells the unexpurgated story of Utopia Avenue. Can we change the world in turbulent times, or does the world change us?
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4 out of 5 stars
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1960s Nostalgia Served David Mitchell-Style.
- By Nick O. on 07-20-20
By: David Mitchell
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Smile
- A Novel
- By: Roddy Doyle
- Narrated by: Roddy Doyle
- Length: 5 hrs and 4 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4 out of 5 stars 127
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 107
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Story4 out of 5 stars 106
Just moved into a new apartment, alone for the first time in years, Victor Forde goes every evening to Donnelly's for a pint, a slow one. One evening his drink is interrupted. A man in shorts and a pink shirt comes over and sits down. He seems to know Victor's name and to remember him from secondary school. His name is Fitzpatrick. Victor dislikes him on sight, dislikes, too, the memories that Fitzpatrick stirs up of five years being taught by the Christian Brothers.
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5 out of 5 stars
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The conclusion will take your breath away.
- By Laurie A. Bobskill on 11-02-17
By: Roddy Doyle
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Rainbow Milk
- A Novel
- By: Paul Mendez
- Narrated by: Paul Mendez
- Length: 11 hrs and 43 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 30
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 29
In the 1950s, ex-boxer Norman Alonso is a determined and humble Jamaican who has immigrated to Britain with his wife and children to secure a brighter future. Blighted with unexpected illness and racism, Norman and his family are resilient, but are all too aware that their family will need more than just hope to survive in their new country.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Narration so bad, I could not enjoy!
- By Victoria on 03-26-22
By: Paul Mendez
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How to Build a Girl
- By: Caitlin Moran
- Narrated by: Louise Brealey
- Length: 9 hrs and 31 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 721
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 647
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 646
It's 1990. Johanna Morrigan, 14, has shamed herself so badly on local TV that she decides that there's no point in being Johanna anymore and reinvents herself as Dolly Wilde - fast-talking, hard-drinking gothic hero and full-time Lady Sex Adventurer. She will save her poverty-stricken Bohemian family by becoming a writer - like Jo in Little Women, or the Brontës - but without the dying-young bit.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Get This Book!
- By David Shear on 10-06-14
By: Caitlin Moran
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Paperboy: An Enchanting True Story of a Belfast Paperboy Coming to Terms with the Troubles
- By: Tony Macaulay
- Narrated by: Tony Macaulay
- Length: 8 hrs and 17 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Performance4.5 out of 5 stars 41
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Story4.5 out of 5 stars 41
It's Belfast, 1975. The city lies under the dark cloud of the Troubles, and hatred fills the air like smoke. But Tony Macaulay has just turned 12 and he's got a new job. He's going to be a paperboy. And come rain or shine - or bombs and mortar - he will deliver. Paperboy lives in Upper Shankill, Belfast, in the heart of the conflict between Loyalists and Republicans. Bombings are on the evening news, rubble lies where buildings once stood, and rumours spread like wildfire about the IRA and the UDA.
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1 out of 5 stars
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Bad Quality Recording; Remarkably Uninteresting
- By Scott&Scott (aka Romentics) on 05-17-17
By: Tony Macaulay
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Clovenhoof
- By: Heide Goody, Iain Grant
- Narrated by: Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Length: 12 hrs and 55 mins
- Unabridged
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Overall4.5 out of 5 stars 487
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Performance