Close-Up: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Close-Up audiobook runs 12.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies (about 8.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 12.8 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 26 days |
| 1 hour / day | 13 days |
| 2 hours / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 9 days |
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What our data says
- At 12.8 hours, it runs longer than 94% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies
Matthew Lloyd Davies narrates 254 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,433 hours in all.
About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf
239 Comedy, Satire & Parody 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
Close-Up is an audiobook by Len Deighton: a 12.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Matthew Lloyd Davies, released June 29, 2026, on the Espionage and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 12.8 hrs
- Narrated by
- Matthew Lloyd Davies
- Released
- June 29, 2026
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Espionage, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9781696616508
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Close-Up audiobook?
Close-Up runs 12.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.5 hours.
Is the Close-Up audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Close-Up?
Close-Up is narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies.
Is Close-Up worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.5 hours, saving 4.3 hours.