The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood runs 11.7 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Sam Wasson (about 7.8 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.7 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 24 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
You'll finish in – by –
Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.
What our data says
- At 11.7 hours, it runs longer than 85% of the 8,856 Arts & Entertainment audiobooks in our catalog.
About as long, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf
687 Arts & Entertainment 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 Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood is an audiobook by Sam Wasson: a 11.7-hour unabridged recording, read by Sam Wasson, released April 7, 2020, on the Arts & Entertainment shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.7 hrs
- Narrated by
- Sam Wasson
- Released
- April 7, 2020
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Arts & Entertainment
- ISBN
- 9781713524663
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood as an audiobook?
The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood runs 11.7 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.8 hours.
Is The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood?
The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood is narrated by Sam Wasson.
Is The Big Goodbye: Chinatown and the Last Years of Hollywood worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.8 hours, saving 3.9 hours.