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Narrado por:
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Hugh Lee
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Roddy Doyle
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In "57% Irish", a man decides to devise a test of Irishness by measuring reactions to three things: Riverdance, the song "Danny Boy", and Robbie Keane's goal against Germany in the 2002 World Cup. And in the wonderful title story, "Jimmy Rabbitte", the man who formed The Commitments decides that it's time to find a new band - a multicultural outfit that specializes not in soul music but in the folk songs of Woody Guthrie.
With empathy and insight, The Deportees and Other Stories takes a new slant on the immigrant experience, something of increasing relevance in today's Ireland.
©2007 Roddy Doyle (P)2008 BBC Audiobooks AmericaLos oyentes también disfrutaron...
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Grow up...
- De Kelly en 03-08-20
De: Deborah Bee
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99 Red Balloons
- De: Elisabeth Carpenter
- Narrado por: Sarah Ovens, Victoria Riley, Maggie Ollerenshaw, y otros
- Duración: 10 h y 46 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 125
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 114
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 114
Eight-year-old Grace is last seen in a sweetshop. Her mother, Emma, is living a nightmare. But as her loved ones rally around her, cracks begin to emerge. What are the emails sent between her husband and her sister? Why does her mother take so long to join the search? And is there more to the disappearance of her daughter than meets the eye?
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2 out of 5 stars
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I was waiting for soooo much more.....
- De Listening Queen en 07-17-18
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The Playdate
- De: Louise Millar
- Narrado por: Clare Corbett
- Duración: 9 h y 24 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 56
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 48
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 49
Single mother Callie has come to rely heavily on her best friend Suzy. But Callie suspects Suzy's life isn't as simple as it seems. It's time she pulled away - going back to work is just the first step towards rediscovering her old confidence. So why does she keep putting off telling Suzy about her new job? And who will care for her rather frail daughter, Rae, while she is gone?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Very Good
- De Delah en 05-03-12
De: Louise Millar
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The Piper's Son
- De: Melina Marchetta
- Narrado por: Michael Finney
- Duración: 8 h y 16 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 45
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 39
Award-winning author Melina Marchetta reopens the story of the group of friends from her acclaimed novel Saving Francesca - but five years have passed, and now it's Thomas Mackee who needs saving. After his favorite uncle was blown to bits on his way to work in a foreign city, Tom watched his family implode. He quit school and turned his back on his music and everyone that mattered, including the girl he can't forget. Shooting for oblivion, he's hit rock bottom, forced to live with his single, pregnant aunt; work at the Union pub with his former friends; and reckon with his grieving, alcoholic father.
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5 out of 5 stars
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4.5 Stars!
- De Trosado en 09-01-20
De: Melina Marchetta
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The Perfect Lie
- De: Emily Barr
- Narrado por: Jilly Bond, Penelope Rawlins, Julia Franklin, y otros
- Duración: 11 h y 19 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 61
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 55
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 56
For Lucy Riddick, Venice has always been the dream destination, the ideal place to lose herself. And now she needs to do just that. The secret she's been keeping has finally caught up with her and Lucy needs to disappear - fast. But what if, when she sets foot in Venice, Lucy finds the one thing she has been running from?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fun and Absorbing
- De Jen Fabbri en 10-15-15
De: Emily Barr
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The Bone Clocks
- De: David Mitchell
- Narrado por: Jessica Ball, Leon Williams, Colin Mace, y otros
- Duración: 24 h y 30 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 4,093
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,662
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,670
Following a scalding row with her mother, 15-year-old Holly Sykes slams the door on her old life. But Holly is no typical teenage runaway: A sensitive child once contacted by voices she knew only as "the radio people," Holly is a lightning rod for psychic phenomena. Now, as she wanders deeper into the English countryside, visions and coincidences reorder her reality until they assume the aura of a nightmare brought to life.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not Short Listed, This Time
- De Mel en 09-23-14
De: David Mitchell
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Hero: A Simon Serrailler Short Story
- De: Susan Hill
- Narrado por: Steven Pacey
- Duración: 51 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 129
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 112
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 111
When Simon Serrailler was a rookie constable with the Met, he did something reckless in the course of a night's work which caused a man's death. But his act was praised by his colleagues, and he was called a hero. Years later, now a detective chief superintendent who has been badly injured in the course of duty, he receives a medal for bravery at Buckingham Palace while recollecting that fateful night of his early career, when chance disguised itself as bravery.
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4 out of 5 stars
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This 'story' makes no sense to me
- De Pamela Donaldson en 05-10-17
De: Susan Hill
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Divorcing Jack
- De: Colin Bateman
- Narrado por: Adam Moore
- Duración: 9 h y 3 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 25
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 23
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 23
Dan Starkey is a young journalist in Belfast, who shares with his wife, Patricia, a prodigious appetite for drinking and dancing. Then Dan meets a beautiful and apparently impoverished student. And then, terrifyingly, she is murdered. Is it because she was not exactly who she claimed to be? Is it the IRA? A Protestant extremist group? A jealous lover? Before long, Dan is a target himself.…
De: Colin Bateman
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Only the Innocent
- De: Rachel Abbott
- Narrado por: Sarah Coomes
- Duración: 15 h y 7 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 1,205
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 1,079
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 1,077
When philanthropist Hugo Fletcher’s dead body is discovered tied to a bed in his London home, Chief Inspector Tom Douglas determines right away that he’s hunting a female killer. Though Fletcher made countless enemies through his work with Eastern European prostitutes, the crime scene reeks of sex and revenge. This murder was personal. Douglas knows Fletcher’s unhappy wife, Laura, should be his prime suspect. She’s definitely hiding something. Something big. But he isn’t convinced it’s murder. Besides, she’s not the only woman with a motive to kill the manipulative billionaire....
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1 out of 5 stars
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Sigh... Sigh... Ohhh Sigh...
- De Colorado-reader en 01-30-15
De: Rachel Abbott
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The Brightest Star in the Sky
- A Novel
- De: Marian Keyes
- Narrado por: Caitriona Keyes
- Duración: 17 h y 49 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 135
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Narración:4 out of 5 stars 76
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 79
The Brightest Star in the Sky follows seven neighbors whose lives become entangled when a sassy and prescient spirit pays a visit to their Dublin townhouse with the intent of changing at least one of their lives. But what will this metamorphosis be and who will the sprite choose?
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1 out of 5 stars
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Terrible sound quality, worse narration
- De Jan en 02-23-10
De: Marian Keyes
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The Third Wife
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Joe Jameson
- Duración: 9 h y 22 m
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,514
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 3,179
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 3,171
In the early hours of a summer morning, a young woman steps into the path of an oncoming bus. A tragic accident? Or suicide? At the center of this puzzle is Adrian Wolfe, a successful architect and grief-stricken widower, who, a year after his third wife's death, begins to investigate the cause. As Adrian looks back on their brief but seemingly happy marriage, disturbing secrets begin to surface. The divorces from his two previous wives had been amicable, or so it seemed; his children, all five of them, were resilient as ever, or so he thought.
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3 out of 5 stars
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Not a mystery
- De Susan en 07-06-18
De: Lisa Jewell
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We Are All Made of Stars
- A Novel
- De: Rowan Coleman
- Narrado por: Ben Allen, Avita Jay
- Duración: 11 h y 33 m
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General4.5 out of 5 stars 58
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 54
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Historia4.5 out of 5 stars 54
We Are All Made of Stars is an unforgettable story about second chances, the power of words, and the resilience of the heart.
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5 out of 5 stars
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An All-Around 5 Stars!!
- De Trosado en 02-28-20
De: Rowan Coleman
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The Girls in the Garden
- A Novel
- De: Lisa Jewell
- Narrado por: Colleen Prendergast
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 3,026
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 2,699
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 2,699
Imagine that you live on a picturesque communal garden square, an oasis in urban London where your children run free, in and out of other people's houses. You've known your neighbors for years and you trust them. Implicitly. You think your children are safe. But are they really? On a midsummer night, as a festive neighborhood party is taking place, preteen Pip discovers her 13-year-old sister Grace lying unconscious and bloody in a hidden corner of a lush rose garden. What really happened to her?
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5 out of 5 stars
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Delightful
- De Julie en 11-03-17
De: Lisa Jewell
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I Predict a Riot
- Murder, Extortion & Carrot Cake
- De: Colin Bateman
- Narrado por: Adam Moore
- Duración: 21 h y 33 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 72
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 28
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 28
Walter has a rubbish job, so has Margaret. But when they meet through a dating agency, neither is who they seem. Margaret's married for a start, and Walter's encounter with her husband, Billy, leaves him black and blue. Billy's a dodgy accountant for politician and racketeer Pink Harrison, who is about to come unstuck.
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5 out of 5 stars
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PICK ME PLEASE PICK ME WE'LL HAVE LOTS OF FUN
- De Louise en 10-19-08
De: Colin Bateman
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The Other Side of Paradise
- A Memoir
- De: Staceyann Chin
- Narrado por: Staceyann Chin
- Duración: 9 h y 21 m
- Versión completa
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General5 out of 5 stars 195
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Narración:5 out of 5 stars 180
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Historia5 out of 5 stars 177
Stacyann Chin has appeared on television and radio, including The Oprah Winfrey Show , CNN, and PBS, discussing issues of race and sexuality. But it is her extraordinary voice that launched her career as a performer, poet, and activist. Here, she shares her unforgettable story of triumph against all odds in this brave and fiercely candid memoir.
No one knew Staceyann's mother was pregnant until a dangerously small baby was born on the floor of her grandmother's house in Jamaica, on Christmas Day.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Incredible life, incredible performer
- De RyRy en 10-21-19
De: Staceyann Chin
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Are You Watching Me?
- DS Claire Boyle, Book 2
- De: Sinead Crowley
- Narrado por: Aoife McMahon
- Duración: 8 h y 57 m
- Versión completa
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General4 out of 5 stars 44
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Narración:4.5 out of 5 stars 39
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Historia4 out of 5 stars 39
Dear Elizabeth, I've been watching you. I hope to see you...soon. Liz Cafferky is on the up. Rescued from her dark past by the owner of a drop-in centre for older men, Liz soon finds herself as the charity's face - and the unwilling darling of the Dublin media. Amidst her claustrophobic fame, Liz barely notices a letter from a new fan. But then one of the centre's clients is brutally murdered, and Elizabeth receives another, more sinister note. Running from her own ghosts, Liz is too scared to go to the police.
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5 out of 5 stars
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Fantastic!!
- De Brett McAteer en 03-06-19
De: Sinead Crowley
Lo que los oyentes dicen sobre The Deportees and Other Stories
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Total5 out of 5 stars
- Cariola
- 06-11-08
Absolutely Wonderful
Roddy Doyle has presented a marvelous and diverse collection of short stories here, all of them dealing with the new immigrants to Ireland (mostly from Africa and Eastern Europe) and the ways the native-born Irish relate to them. The first story, "Guess Who's Coming for the Dinner?" had me laughing out loud at the main character's good-natured attempts to be PC and open-minded. But the collection explores a wide range of emotions and situations, from Jimmy Rabitt of The Commitments' effort to raise a new band to a child devastated by the war in the Sudan. The reader, too, is absolutely perfect. Great accents, and he sings well, too!
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Ejecución5 out of 5 stars
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Historia5 out of 5 stars
- Rajeev A.
- 11-09-17
Laugh Out Loud Funny
Hugh Lee’s performance is one of the best I’ve heard. Doyle’s prose and his sensibilities are refreshing.
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