And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks audiobook runs 4.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Ray Porter (about 2.9 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 4.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day | 5 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 days |
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What our data says
- At 4.3 hours, it is shorter than 88% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Ray Porter
Ray Porter narrates 293 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 3,094 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
506 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
Computed from 409,794 English-language unabridged audiobooks in The Books Insider catalog (store data read November 3, 2026). Lengths are the store's own running times. Methodology.
About this listen
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is an audiobook by William S. Burroughs and Jack Kerouac: a 4.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Ray Porter, released November 11, 2008, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 4.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Ray Porter
- Released
- November 11, 2008
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781481544719
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks audiobook?
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks runs 4.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.9 hours.
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Who narrates And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks?
And the Hippos Were Boiled in Their Tanks is narrated by Ray Porter.