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The Prophet and the Idiot
- Author
- Jonas Jonasson
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 8 June 2023
- Run Time
- 10 hours 7 minutes
- Format
- x-book®
- Genre
- Adventure / action fiction, Humorous fiction, Satirical fiction & parodies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Social issues
- Rating
- 4.0 (3 reviews)
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What to expect
The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times.
Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one.
But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world…
User Reviews
Book 4.0
Narration 4.3
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3.0 4.0
Interesting and fun story but I lost interest a little bit towards the end.
zoeheinzel 2024-08-28 -
4.0 4.0
Excellent book, I first read the printed book about 10 years old, imaginative & humorous story, well narrated with such a range of accents.
Jo Freedom 2024-01-18 -
5.0 5.0
Very witty, ridiculous and wonderful listen
raefucella 2023-10-13
Details
- Author
- Jonas Jonasson
- Narrator
- Peter Kenny
- Duration
- 10 hours 7 minutes
- Release Date
- 8 June 2023
- ISBN
- 9780008617677
- Format
- x-book®
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Adventure / action fiction, Humorous fiction, Satirical fiction & parodies, Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Narrative theme: Social issues
- Rating
- 4.0(3 reviews)
- Narration
- 4.3(3 reviews)
Synopsis
The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times.Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one.But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world…
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