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Brazzaville Beach by William Boyd

Brazzaville Beach: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Brazzaville Beach audiobook runs 10.5 hours unabridged, narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish Brazzaville Beach at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

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What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

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

Brazzaville Beach is an audiobook by William Boyd: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Pippa Bennett-Warner, released October 8, 2020, on the Literary Fiction shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Pippa Bennett-Warner
Released
October 8, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction
ISBN
9780241991275

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Brazzaville Beach audiobook?

Brazzaville Beach runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is the Brazzaville Beach audiobook free?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates Brazzaville Beach?

Brazzaville Beach is narrated by Pippa Bennett-Warner.

Is Brazzaville Beach worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.