Desertion: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Desertion audiobook runs 9.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Damian Lynch (about 6.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 9.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 20 days |
| 1 hour / day | 10 days |
| 2 hours / day | 5 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 7 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 9.7 hours, it runs longer than 56% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Damian Lynch
Damian Lynch narrates 68 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 939 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
3,021 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
Desertion is an audiobook by Abdulrazak Gurnah: a 9.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Damian Lynch, released September 5, 2023, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 9.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Damian Lynch
- Released
- September 5, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9780593682715
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Desertion audiobook?
Desertion runs 9.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6.5 hours.
Is the Desertion audiobook free?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates Desertion?
Desertion is narrated by Damian Lynch.