The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba runs 17.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Bob Walter (about 11.7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 17.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 35 days |
| 1 hour / day | 18 days |
| 2 hours / day | 9 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 12 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 17.5 hours, it runs longer than 89% of the 7,179 World audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Bob Walter
Bob Walter narrates 31 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 360 hours in all.
About as long, on the World shelf
470 World audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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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 Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba is an audiobook by Jim Rasenberger: a 17.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Bob Walter, released April 5, 2011, on the World and The Americas shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 17.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Bob Walter
- Released
- April 5, 2011
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- World, The Americas
- ISBN
- 9781442344778
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba as an audiobook?
The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba runs 17.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 11.7 hours.
Is The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba?
The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba is narrated by Bob Walter.
Is The Brilliant Disaster: JFK, Castro, and America's Doomed Invasion of Cuba worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 11.7 hours, saving 5.8 hours.