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Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking by Bill Buford

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking audiobook runs 16.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Bill Buford (about 11.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

16.9listening hrs
Arts & Entertainmentstore shelf
2020released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 16.9 hours of listening.

Days to finish Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day34 days
1 hour / day17 days
2 hours / day9 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×12 days

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What our data says

  • At 16.9 hours, it runs longer than 95% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf

323 Arts & Entertainment 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

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking is an audiobook by Bill Buford: a 16.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Bill Buford, released May 5, 2020, on the Arts & Entertainment and Non-Fiction shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
16.9 hrs
Narrated by
Bill Buford
Released
May 5, 2020
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Arts & Entertainment, Non-Fiction
ISBN
9780739381748

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking audiobook?

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking runs 16.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.2 hours.

Is the Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking?

Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking is narrated by Bill Buford.

Is Dirt: Adventures in Lyon as a chef in training, father, and sleuth looking for the secret of French cooking worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.2 hours, saving 5.6 hours.