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Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror by Jason Zinoman

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror audiobook runs 9 hours unabridged, narrated by Pete Larkin (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
The Americasstore shelf
2011released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 53% of the 5,887 The Americas audiobooks in our catalog.

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About this listen

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror is an audiobook by Jason Zinoman: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Pete Larkin, released July 1, 2011, on the The Americas shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Pete Larkin
Released
July 1, 2011
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
The Americas
ISBN
9781452672694

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How long is the Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror audiobook?

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

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Who narrates Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror?

Shock Value: How a Few Eccentric Outsiders Gave Us Nightmares, Conquered Hollywood, and Invented Modern Horror is narrated by Pete Larkin.