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Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope by Edward St Aubyn

Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope audiobook runs 13.8 hours unabridged, narrated by Alex Jennings (about 9.2 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.8listening hrs
Literary Fictionstore shelf
2018released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.8 hours of listening.

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Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day28 days
1 hour / day14 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×10 days

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What our data says

  • At 13.8 hours, it runs longer than 87% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf

1,498 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

Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope is an audiobook by Edward St Aubyn: a 13.8-hour unabridged recording, read by Alex Jennings, released May 3, 2018, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.8 hrs
Narrated by
Alex Jennings
Released
May 3, 2018
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Literary Fiction, Coming of Age
ISBN
9781509899180

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope audiobook?

Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope runs 13.8 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.2 hours.

Is the Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope?

Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope is narrated by Alex Jennings.

Is Patrick Melrose Volume 1: Never Mind, Bad News and Some Hope worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.2 hours, saving 4.6 hours.