Quiet Desperation: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Quiet Desperation audiobook runs 0.9 hours unabridged, narrated by Patrick Lawlor (about 0.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 0.9 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day | 1 day |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 1 day |
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What our data says
- At 0.9 hours, it is shorter than 96% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Patrick Lawlor
Patrick Lawlor narrates 589 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 5,365 hours in all.
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About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
85 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
Quiet Desperation is an audiobook by Alfred C. Martino: a 0.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Patrick Lawlor, released January 5, 2016, on the Literary Fiction shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 0.9 hrs
- Narrated by
- Patrick Lawlor
- Released
- January 5, 2016
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction
- ISBN
- 9781593166458
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is the Quiet Desperation audiobook?
Quiet Desperation runs 0.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 0.6 hours.
Is the Quiet Desperation audiobook free?
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Who narrates Quiet Desperation?
Quiet Desperation is narrated by Patrick Lawlor.