Run Time = 3 hours and 5 minutes

Written by a Nobel laureate and performed by an AudioFile Golden Voice:
Set over a couple of drunken nights in Amsterdam, this philosophical novel recounts Parisian lawyer Jean-Baptiste Clamence’s descent into amorality. “An utterly fascinating book” (Kirkus Reviews) with over 36,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has...

Run Time = 3 hours and 5 minutes

Written by a Nobel laureate and performed by an AudioFile Golden Voice:
Set over a couple of drunken nights in Amsterdam, this philosophical novel recounts Parisian lawyer Jean-Baptiste Clamence’s descent into amorality. “An utterly fascinating book” (Kirkus Reviews) with over 36,000 five-star ratings on Goodreads!

Jean-Baptiste Clamence, a successful Parisian barrister, has come to recognize the deep-seated hypocrisy of his existence. His epigrammatic and, above all, discomforting monologue gradually saps, then undermines, the reader's own complacency.