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One Good Turn

Jackson Brodie 2

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One Good Turn

By: Kate Atkinson
Narrated by: Jason Isaacs
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About this listen

Brought to you by Penguin.

The second Jackson Brodie novel (after Case Histories): literary crime from the prizewinning, number-one bestselling author of Big Sky and Transcription.

It is summer, it is the Edinburgh Festival. People queuing for a lunchtime show witness a road-rage incident - a near-homicidal attack which changes the lives of everyone involved. Jackson Brodie, ex-army, ex-police, ex-private detective, is also an innocent bystander - until he becomes a murder suspect.

As the body count mounts, each member of the teeming Dickensian cast's story contains a kernel of the next, like a set of nesting Russian dolls. They are all looking for love or money or redemption or escape: but what each actually discovers is their own true self.

'An absolute joy to read...the pleasure of One Good Turn lies in the ride, in Atkinson's wry, unvanquished characters, her swooping, savvy, sarcastic prose and authorial joie de vivre' Guardian

©2006 Kate Atkinson (P)2010 Random House Audio Suspense Thriller & Suspense Funny Fiction

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I wish audible would make it clearer when books are abridged, I accidentally downloaded this instead of the proper version then spent ages wondering why the story felt thin and too short! Especially compared to the first one. It was fine but now I’m wondering how much better it would have been to listen to the whole thing.

Abridged version!

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KA is such a wonderful writer. The story was complex, and kept me guessing. I love the internal narratives of the various characters, which really shine a light on their personalities. The narration was excellent.

I love the internal monologues of the characters

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I had the real feeling of Jackson's adventures being wrapped up and twisted within the real world.
very readable/listenable. Jason could read the phone book and I'd listen, and Kate could write the phone book and I'd buy the first copy.

Brodie, Russians & Mermaids @ the Edinburgh Fest.

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jason isaacs delivers a fabulous performance as the narrator, and the book is really entertaining and in parts absolutely hilarious. great writing and more from Jason Isaac's please!

thoroughly entertaining

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This was fantastic. Kate Atkinson at her best. Jackson Brodie is a wonderful character, brilliantly narrated ("Hello to Jason Isaacs"). I wish this had been available unabridged when I downloaded - I think there is a an unabridged edition available now, however. Sometimes I didn't feel I was getting the full story, hence only 3 stars.

Would have loved to have had an unabridged edition

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Lots of characters meant to start with meant you needed to concentrate to keep track but soon worked it out. the end seemed to come before the story had really got interesting but it was entertaining enough

entertaining but not a favourite

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2nd book in the series and un putdownable or In my case unturnoffable… great story

Just great!!

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This is another great Jackson Brodie story, any fan of the books or the television adaptation will love it. As other reviewers have also mentioned though, it is a real shame that this is an abridged version. Given the number of listeners who have complained about this I really hope that a full version will be made available eventually.

Another great story...why abridged?

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Loved everything about this story and the narration was brilliant! Another great listen from Kate Atkinson and Jason Isaacs.

Love the humour

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A very good author, and well narrated, but sadly I didn't realise that it was an abridged version. Totally ruined it for me.Can we please have a full version?

Abridged!

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