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One Fine Day in the Middle of the Night

By: Christopher Brookmyre
Narrated by: Angus King
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Gavin is creating a unique 'holiday experience’ - every facility any tourist who hates going abroad will ever want will all be available on a converted North Sea oil rig.

To test the facilities, he's hosting a reunion for his old school friends. He is so busy showing off that he doesn't notice that another group have invited themselves along - a collection of terrorist mercenaries who are occasionally of more danger to themselves than to the public.

©1999 Christopher Brookmyre (P)2015 W F Howes Ltd Action & Adventure Crime Thrillers Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Mystery Mystery, Thriller & Suspense Suspense Thriller Thriller & Suspense Fiction Funny Witty Feel-Good

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Critic reviews

"A high octane sense of the absurd." ( The Times)
"The next star of the genre seems set to be Christopher Brookmyre." (Mark Lawson)
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It seems unlikely that the production company couldn’t have found a voice actor capable of reproducing at least a half-believable northeastern English accent.

Performance lacking skill

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I love Christopher Brookmyre novels and Angus King usually does a good job verbally retelling his stories but this one had me laughing at his pish poor attempt at a Geordie accent. Alright if you can see the funny side and look past this faux paus 😄

story funny but accents questionable

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Great story - no idea why it’s not a film - but the narrator who is otherwise excellent has clearly never visited the North East of England - accents are terrible!

Eeek - that Maccam accent….

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Great story, very funny, enjoyable characters. Moves along at a good pace. Would highly recommend!

One of his best!

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This should be a film! Gripping story with the only disappointment being that it ends so abruptly.

Slow start but stick with it!

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Simply brilliant.
It took a little while to initially acclimatise. to Angus King's brisk Scottish accent, but his performance was excellent, painting a vivid picture with Brookmyre's scintillating text, with each protagonist - and there are many - a fully formed character in his or her own right.

I always enjoy Brookmyre's books and this is one of his best. Five stars to author and narrator. Highly recommended

"Pirates, boats and booty."

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I almost abandoned at first due to the heavy Scottish accent (English is not my mother tongue) but then I put the speed at 0,85 and I could follow. I also had to look at the list of characters on the Wikipedia page of the book to remember who is who. But once in the story I enjoyed the ride. I'm glad I went through with it.

Good story despite so many characters

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

Great story, well engineered, keeps you
reading

Who was your favorite character and why?

Has to be Ally, although Mtt and Simone + Vale are worthy of a mention

Have you listened to any of Angus King’s other performances? How does this one compare?

He reads well. Its not the voice that I thought of when I read the books, but he adds to my pleasure - an alternative view

Did you have an emotional reaction to this book? Did it make you laugh or cry?

Laugh

Any additional comments?

Audible have lost the last section of the book - pathetic!

A fantastic book - let down by Ausible

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Out there but fun. Great humour and one liners a plenty. Smiled all the way through. Great usual narrator.

Awesome

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wasn't sure about it in the first chapter but was worth continuing, had me laughing out loud

Made me laugh

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