The Boy Who Went Away: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Boy Who Went Away runs 6.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Chris Patton (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 6.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 13 days |
| 1 hour / day | 7 days |
| 2 hours / day | 4 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 5 days |
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What our data says
- At 6.5 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Chris Patton
Chris Patton narrates 47 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 385 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
1,485 Literary 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 Boy Who Went Away is an audiobook by Eli Gottlieb: a 6.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Chris Patton, released September 4, 2015, on the Literary Fiction and Coming of Age shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 6.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Chris Patton
- Released
- September 4, 2015
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Coming of Age, Drama
- ISBN
- 9781504659055
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Boy Who Went Away as an audiobook?
The Boy Who Went Away runs 6.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.
Is The Boy Who Went Away free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Boy Who Went Away?
The Boy Who Went Away is narrated by Chris Patton.