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419
- Narrated by: Pete Bradbury
- Length: 13 hrs
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Publisher's Summary
Will Ferguson takes listeners deep into the labyrinth of lies that is 419, winner of the 2012 Scotiabank Giller Prize.
A car tumbles through darkness down a snowy ravine. A woman without a name walks out of a dust storm in sub-Saharan Africa. And in the seething heat of Lagos City, a criminal cartel scours the Internet, looking for victims. Lives intersect. Worlds collide. And it all begins with a single email: "Dear Sir, I am the daughter of a Nigerian diplomat, and I need your help".
When Laura Curtis, a lonely editor in a cold northern city, discovers that her father has died because of one such swindle, she sets out to track down - and corner - her father' s killer. It is a dangerous game she' s playing, however, and the stakes are higher than she can ever imagine. Woven into Laura' s journey is a mysterious woman from the African Sahel with scars etched into her skin and a young man who finds himself caught up in a web of violence and deceit. And running through it, a dying father' s final words: "You, I love."
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- Travelmug
- 2018-02-26
At first I wasn’t sure-but then I fell in love!
This book - if you have any inclination to set it down, don’t! This story builds and comes to an incredible intertwined series of events. Fulsome character development and intelligent,respectful view of plot.
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- Nancy G.
- 2020-03-29
Wonderful Will Ferguson
I read this novel a few years ago and it captivated me. Bought the audio version and have found it to be
thoroughly engrossing and wonderfully narrated by Pete Bradbury. He captures all of the characters voices with ease. Have listened to it more than once. A complex story.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2020-05-17
Decent Story, Liked the Last Half
Just finished 419. The story was good and liked the ending. There was one thing that drove me nuts however; the author kept using the word 'she' a lot. There's more then 1 main character who is a female so sometimes you wonder.."who is he referring to?"
After hearing the story I came to the conclusion that 9/10 times 'she' refers to Laura (main character most developed). Wish I was told that in advance. That should be a big help to whomever reads/hears this next. :)
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- Debbi Callander
- 2021-10-09
Riveting
loved the way the plot wove the vivid characters together. Learned a lot about Nigerian life and white privilege
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- kelly mckay
- 2019-09-10
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I liked this book it gave a really good account of how easily a person could be scammed by a foreign country. It made a lot of sense I enjoyed the story.
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- Stephen
- 2023-11-21
Excellent character development; narration grew on me.
Worth hanging on for the first few minutes. Anxiety and tears by the end. A game changer. Reassessing everything I knew about Will Ferguson.
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- louise m jackson
- 2023-09-18
Fascinating storyline. Nothing is as simple as it seems.
One of the more captivating stories I’ve read in a while, The characters come to life. Clever plot twists
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- Anonymous User
- 2023-05-04
Chapters
I do appreciate that the author had breaks for each person included I the story . It helped me keep interested I. The story rather than them running into one big chapter and being confused as the story progressed quite a depressing story but true to a certain point the narrator was very good with stories tales
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- Laurie
- 2023-04-25
Hard to follow but good story
I had a bit of time following all the characters. I almost gave up reading this book but I’m glad I didn’t. The book was very interesting. I have someone that is going through a fraud situation very much like what happened here. Strange that I was reading this at the same time. Stick with it you will like it at the end.
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- Amazon Customer
- 2023-04-04
Interesting
Great performance, and how all the story lines came together. The super short chapters weren’t my favourite format-wise, but the story was engaging. I loved Nandi’s story right to the end, and Amina’s, though I wished for more of her backstory. I felt sad for Winston in the end, but I found the money’s ending very fitting - I agree - Dad would have been proud.
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- Madyson
- 2015-05-25
Okay book
Had the read the book for class it's okay at first then gets realllyyy confusing then really good at the end ! Over all okay book !
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- Dea-G
- 2017-02-16
Great story
Narration was very good and the story was captivating. Very moving and entertaining, I would like to read more by this author.
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- Miss Conduct
- 2016-01-30
Exceptional narration! Really good story!!!
Narration blew me away! It took maybe an hour or two to really get into the story, but I felt so connected to the characters. so good!
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- RaineDay
- 2014-04-17
read the book instead
this narrator does not do the author any favors. The book is slow enough but the narration is painfully slow. It is a book I could read in 5 hours, not 12, For the last half I listened at 1.5x speed and it was just right to maintain my interest.
The story itself is just ok but I never really bought into it. Especially the ending.
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