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By: Graham Norton
Narrated by: Graham Norton
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BAFTA award-winning comedian Graham Norton lends his charming Irish lilt to the narration of his skillfully paced debut novel. With an atmospheric setting and characters that you quickly warm to, it's a vividly written slice of life in Duneen.

Graham Norton's masterful debut is an intelligently crafted story of love, secrets and loss.

The remote Irish village of Duneen has known little drama, and yet its inhabitants are troubled. Sergeant PJ Collins hasn't always been this overweight; mother of two Brid Riordan hasn't always been an alcoholic; and elegant Evelyn Ross hasn't always felt that her life was a total waste.

So when human remains are discovered on an old farm, suspected to be that of Tommy Burke - a former love of both Brid and Evelyn - the village's dark past begins to unravel. As the frustrated PJ struggles to solve a genuine case for the first time in his life, he unearths a community's worth of anger and resentments, secrets and regret.

Darkly comic, touching and at times profoundly sad. Graham Norton employs his acerbic wit to breathe life into a host of loveable characters and explore - with searing honesty - the complexities and contradictions that make us human.

©2016 Graham Norton (P)2016 Hodder & Stoughton Mystery Suspense Thriller & Suspense Funny Feel-Good Fiction Village

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Enjoyed the story, easy to listen to, Graham Norton narrates it well, when writing it he obviously thought about how his characters would sound. Could see the story unfolding so not exactly kept guessing, but was good to see how it came together.

Enjoyable easy listen

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Graham Norton is very talented at accents and story telling, he could make a recipe for mashed potato sound interesting!

Loved it

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What a fantastic narrator he really brings his stories to life, so warm and funny.

Brilliant

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Such a brilliant and well thought out story and interlink of lives. Wanted it to continue. looming forward to the next novel by Graham Norton.

A captivating novel!

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Interesting tale of long held family secrets and feuds, well read by the author, incorporating Graham's keen sense of humour. Very enjoyable!

Charming

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I loved every second of it. Graham's narration is fantastic. Characters are so well drawn and believable. His take on small town rural Ireland is spot on.

Brilliant

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Enjoyable and easy to listen to. Good story, well written with warmth, compassion, and a few laughs to lighten it in places. Sincerely hope that, even if it's a while before Graham Norton writes another book, that he does more audio, great performance and very easy to listen to 10/10..

Very Good

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I really enjoyed this book and I wasn't expecting to.
I had read previous reviews which were mostly positive so I thought I'd give it a try
It is a well written gentle mystery and Graham Norton's narration and storytelling was excellent
Here's to the next one Graham

Surprisingly Good !!!

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I absolutely loved this book and it was a joy to hear graham narrate his own novel

marvellous

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loved this from start to finish. kept you guessing till the end.
How so many people can be affected by one small experience in their past brought to light by modern events which turns their lives upside down.
Great narration gives a really authentic feel to the characters. Great story and I can see it being the first of many from the writer.

Irish village lives with lifelong secrets

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