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Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness by Michael Koresky

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness audiobook runs 13.7 hours unabridged, narrated by Robin Speare (about 9.1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

13.7listening hrs
Social Sciencestore shelf
2025released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 13.7 hours of listening.

Days to finish Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness at common listening paces
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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 13.7 hours, it runs longer than 90% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Robin Speare

Robin Speare narrates 5 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 76 hours in all.

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

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness is an audiobook by Michael Koresky: a 13.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Robin Speare, released June 3, 2025, on the Social Science and Arts & Entertainment shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
13.7 hrs
Narrated by
Robin Speare
Released
June 3, 2025
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Social Science, Arts & Entertainment
ISBN
9781639732562

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Questions listeners ask

How long is the Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness audiobook?

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness runs 13.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 9.1 hours.

Is the Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness audiobook free?

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

Who narrates Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness?

Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness is narrated by Robin Speare.

Is Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 9.1 hours, saving 4.6 hours.