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Barking

By: Tom Holt
Narrated by: Ray Sawyer
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Monsters are roaming the streets of London. Of course, some monsters are scarier than others: Unicorns? No bother. Vampires? Big deal. Werewolves? Ho hum. Lawyers? … Aaargh! Duncan's boss doesn't think that he's cut out to be a lawyer. He isn’t a pack animal. He lacks the killer instinct. But when his best friend from school barges his way back into Duncan’s life, with a full supporting cast of lawyers, ex-wives, zombies and snow-white unicorns, it’s not long before things become distinctly unsettling. Hairy, even.

©2008 Tom Holt (P)2011 Hachette Digital Fantasy Humorous Fiction Funny Witty Zombie Comedy Werewolf Shifter Wolf

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"Dazzling." ( Time Out)
"Frothy, fast and funny." ( Scotland On Sunday)
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It took more than one attempt to get into this. At first I found it slow and the narration dull. Then, at just about the point the story line toook a turn so did my feelings about the main character, who is not two dimensional and this comes across actually due to the style of narration that had initially irritated me. A few chapters later the story shared a bizarre wotld with twists around each (page) turn(er). It was my first foray into Tom Holt, I will check out others as a consequence.

A 'grower'

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both story and narration are spot on.
will be listening to more of Tom's stuff for sure

excellent stuff

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If you're after a book with laugh out loud comedy then perhaps this isn't it. It's well written and read well but it lacks the real oomph that some of the other Tom Holt books offer. It's a great book to listen to as you're off to bed as it doesn't require too much attention as it's quite slow going.

The book does have it's moments and I did enjoy it. If you want a book about the supernatural with a dash of the mundane realities of life today then this is for you! But as I've already said, there are better Tom Holt books out there.

Easy Bed Time Listening

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The last few chapters I was like: "When will you end?" It's a good book and the story plot is interesting but I felt there was a lot of 'Padding Out'

Good story

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I always feel vaguely sad when I finish a Tom Holt novel, because I really don't want it to end. Few novelists catch me in their web like that, but Holt does. He populates his novels with the same characters, just with different names, but he does it so well, that familiarity fails to breed contempt. Instead you grow to love the Duncans of this world, with all their failings and psychoses. They are always cast adrift in a mad world of strange creatures in ordinary situations, extraordinary happenings set against mundane backdrops, but it always seems fresh. Fortunately there are lots of Tom Holt novels and I'm less than half way through them. This is one of the best and I recommend it highly as a good place to start. He's every bit as funny as Pratchett, but not as whimsical; it's all a bit more hard-edged and the bad guys, or in this case, girl, are REALLY bad. Read and enjoy.

Non stop smiles

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I really enjoyed this listrn and would highly recommend it to anyone eho appreciates dry humour and fantasy.

Unexpected and wonderful

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as usual Tom's stories made me laugh throughout. the not so subtle description of dog traits was interesting (showing how people act differently to animals). it's the second book that I have heard by this narrator, he is good at doing different voices, but because I had only just finished another audiobook with him, it took a while to differentiate the old characters with new. A good book, just not a great one for hooking you into story line, maybe because you guess what can happen about half way through.

interesting idea, little slow towards end

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Loved this, another great story, in a great series by Tom. Very funny and his books always keep me wanting more. Moving onto the next one now ☺️

Silly and fun

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Werewolves, lawyers, vampires, zombies and a unicorn. Just another day at the office. If you’ve listened to Tom Holt before you’ll know what you’re getting into, it’s the real world with added fantasy elements and humour. This one is a little darker than other books by this author I’ve listened to. But it is still very good, with lots of humour, and very accurate and funny observations on dog (well wolf) behaviour, which any dog owners will recognise. I really enjoyed it, and it was excellently read by Ray Sawyer. Highly recommended.

Barking

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Read this book many years ago... loved it then, still love it now. excellent production.

Paws for thought!

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