The Answer: A Parable for Our Times: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Answer: A Parable for Our Times runs 1.6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Joel Grey (about 1 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 1.6 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day | 2 days |
| 2 hours / day | 1 day |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 2 days |
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What our data says
- At 1.6 hours, it is shorter than 98% of the 13,430 Historical (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Joel Grey
Joel Grey narrates 6 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 22 hours in all.
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- A Whiff of Wilde, a Pinch of Poe, and a Frisson of Frost: A Dab of Dickens, Vol. 3; Selections from A Dab of Dickens & a Touch of Twain,Literary Lives from Shakespeare’s Old England to Frost’s New England
- Master of Ceremonies
- The Poetry of Carl Sandburg
- The Poetry of Robert Frost
About as long, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf
61 Historical (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
The Answer: A Parable for Our Times is an audiobook by Philip Wylie: a 1.6-hour unabridged recording, read by Joel Grey, released January 1, 1996, on the Historical (Fiction) shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 1.6 hrs
- Narrated by
- Joel Grey
- Released
- January 1, 1996
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Historical (Fiction)
- ISBN
- 9781597778442
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Answer: A Parable for Our Times as an audiobook?
The Answer: A Parable for Our Times runs 1.6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 1 hours.
Is The Answer: A Parable for Our Times free as an audiobook?
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Who narrates The Answer: A Parable for Our Times?
The Answer: A Parable for Our Times is narrated by Joel Grey.