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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages

By: Tom Holt
Narrated by: Ray Sawyer
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About this listen

Polly, an average, completely ordinary property lawyer, is convinced she's losing her mind. Someone keeps drinking her coffee. And talking to her clients. And doing her job. And when she goes to the dry cleaner's to pick up her dress for the party, it's not there. Not the dress - the dry cleaner's. And then there are the chickens who think they are people. Something strange is definitely going on - and it's going to take more than a magical ring to sort it out.

©2011 Tom Holt (P)2011 Hachette Digital Fantasy Fiction Humorous Literature & Fiction Mind-bending Funny Paranormal

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Critic reviews

“Clever, funny, tirelessly inventive …Tom Holt maybe the most imaginative satirist to land on our shores since Douglas Adams." (Christopher Moore)
"Uniquely twisted...cracking gags." ( The Guardian)
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I've yet to come across a Holt novel I haven't enjoyed. His asides and similes are out of the top draw of British humour. Of course the narrator's performance adds to this, but the material is luxuriant.

Warm humour from a terrific storyteller

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Where does Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

If ever you need a break from life, Tom Holt will always provide a space for you to retire in to. This book is well up to his normal standard and I will keep it within easy reach in my listening library.

What did you like best about this story?

Tom Holt continues to demonstrate his ability to take a concept and run backwards with it; laughing and challenging you to join him.

What about Ray Sawyer’s performance did you like?

I think it might be a challenge to deliver a Tom Holt. Ray Sawyer does the job... He doesn't get in the way of the story, which is what you really want.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

Multidimensional conveyancing for the 21st Century.

Engage your Holtiness....

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If you could sum up Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Sausages in three words, what would they be?

They way Mr Holt wove together quantum science, time travel and philosophy together,is a gift that I wish I had.

Who was your favorite character and why?

Mr Gogerty

Which character – as performed by Ray Sawyer – was your favourite?

I loved the sow especially her faith that all her piglets were in good places in life. A believe that paid out like a winning lottery ticket.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes I wanted to listen to it in one sitting and enjoyed every micro second of it

Any additional comments?

I am still not sure the chicken and egg issue was answered

Chickens and all that!

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Purchased this book on a whim as it would not fall under any of the genres I would normally be interested in, but am so glad I did as it kept me intrigued & keen to see what happened next!
The choice of narrator was spot on as he played the parts of both female & male so well,& injected each persons part with their own individual character & when humour showed its face from time to time he brought that too the fore...
I have never read any of this writers books before but look forward to doing so again!

Unusual & very enjoyable!

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I love Tom Holt. His weird mind has produced 4 of my top ten books. Unfortunately this just isn't as good. I hope this just a blip. I await his next a little less enthusiastically.

Not his best.

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Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes, it's a bit weird but if you like that sort of thing you will love this.

Who was your favorite character and why?

The chickens - don't ask !!

What does Ray Sawyer bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Life to the characters.

If you made a film of this book, what would be the tag line be?

What came first !!

Any additional comments?

You need to listen to the book to understand a few of the comments !!

Weird !

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I thoroughly enjoyed this. It is entertaining and has a very satisfactory coming together of dimension of time and plots.

Brilliant

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Th story is very funny. I don't think I've laughed so much in a long time. The naration is top class and that makes the story even more amusing. What I disliked about the overall construction of the book is the appalling grammar. At school in my day we'd have been marked down for excessive repitition or misuse of grammar. the word 'said' appears in the book far too often for my taste. I would recommend this book to any lovers of the Terry Pratchet novels. It really is very very funny

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I love Tom Holt books so I was really happy when I found they were available on Audible, however this will be the last one I buy. The narrator is absolutely terrible, his voice horrible and the way he voices some of the characters is unbearable. In fact his narration was so bad I couldn't even get past a few chapters.

Will stick to buying the books

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very metaphysical, playing with time and space to make a very British comedy. not the best work of fiction, but idle fun.

kinda bizarre, but not bad

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