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The Audiobook of the Year

By: No Such Thing as a Fish
Narrated by: James Harkin, Jane Hill, Dan Schreiber, Andrew Hunter Murray, Anna Ptaszynski
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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.

©2017 No Such Thing as a Fish (P)2017 Random House AudioBooks

Critic reviews

"Jolly, packed with impressive and silly facts... hooray for No Such Thing As A Fish." ( Observer)
"Knowledge-packed and riotously funny." ( The Times)

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The best book you'll ever listen to, buy it twice

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brilliant

best credit I have ever used. I listen to the podcast and this is basically a looong alphabetized version of that.

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Check out the podcast

The give and take between the podcasters adds so much charm to the nerdy but interesting facts. Their amusement with their play with the facts is contagious. Check out the podcast.

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very amusing

if you enjoy their podcast, then you will love this book! if you haven't listened to their podcast, then go do so!

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I love the No Such Thing as a Fish crew

Funny, interesting and informative as always. No Such Thing as a Fish is one of my favorite podcasts and all the presenters are phenomenal.

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A book to listen to many times

Very entertaining, I have listened to this a couple of times and will probably listen a couple more. It never gets old.

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like a long podcast of funny but true

really was like a long podcast but less ridiculous tangents from the podcasts. love it.

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awesome listen

Awesome listen, really entertaining from a to z. i do recommend it to everyone interested in getting to know news and facts in an entertaining way

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Wonderfully intelligent and entertaining

Big fan of the podcast and the Book of the Year 2017 succeeds in carrying on the presenters wonderful banter, and brings to life all of the oddest news stories and facts of the 2017

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Great fun for the whole family

We live in a crazy and amazing world and the No Such Thing As A Fish cast are the right group of brilliant loons to guide us through it.

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