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  • Flaubert's Parrot

  • Written by: Julian Barnes
  • Narrated by: Julian Barnes
  • Length: 2 hrs and 59 mins
  • 3.9 out of 5 stars (7 ratings)

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Publisher's Summary

Geoffrey Braithwaite is a retired doctor haunted by an obsession with the great French literary genius Gustave Flaubert. As Geoffrey investigates the mystery of the stuffed parrot Flaubert borrowed from the Museum of Rouen to help research one of his novels, we learn an enormous amount about the writer’s work, family, lovers, thought processes, health and obsessions. But we also gradually come to learn some important and shocking details about Geoffrey and his own life.
©1984 Julian Barnes (P)2010 Random House Audio
Literary Fiction
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Terrible Recording/great book

The very worst recording I’ve ever heard on Audible. The book and Barnes are, of course, lovely, but the garbled static of the audio is far from pleasurable.

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