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Love Among the Chickens
- Narrated by: Jonathan Cecil
- Series: Ukridge, Book 1
- Length: 5 hrs
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Release date: 01-18-06
- Language: English
- Publisher: Audible Studios.
Regular price: $20.34
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Amusing sit-com.
"Love Among the Chickens" tells the story of a London bachelor who is dragged out into the country by an old friend to start a chicken farm. Neither man knows anything about chickens so they make it up as they go.
The main character tells the story in a pompous, self-important air that would be very irritating if he wasn't talking about chickens. As is, it's quite funny, especially during the chase scene.
There are a few things that show the book's age, most notably several passages the speak fondly, even wistfully, about smoking.
Overall "Love Among the Chickens" is a fun, light story and if you like British humour you'll like it.
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