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The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception by Emmanuel Carrère

The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception runs 4.9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joseph Kloska (about 3.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

4.9listening hrs
Law & Politicsstore shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

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What our data says

  • At 4.9 hours, it is shorter than 84% of the 3,072 Law & Politics audiobooks in our catalog.

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

The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception is an audiobook by Emmanuel Carrère: a 4.9-hour unabridged recording, read by Joseph Kloska, released October 12, 2017, on the Law & Politics and True Crime shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
4.9 hrs
Narrated by
Joseph Kloska
Released
October 12, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Law & Politics, True Crime
ISBN
9781473556393

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception as an audiobook?

The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception runs 4.9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.3 hours.

Is The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception?

The Adversary: A True Story of Monstrous Deception is narrated by Joseph Kloska.