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The Cairo Affair by Olen Steinhauer

The Cairo Affair: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Cairo Affair runs 12.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Edoardo Ballerini (about 8.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

12.4listening hrs
Espionagestore shelf
2014released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 12.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Cairo Affair at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day25 days
1 hour / day13 days
2 hours / day7 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×9 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 12.4 hours, it runs longer than 76% of the 2,312 Espionage audiobooks in our catalog.

More narrated by Edoardo Ballerini

Edoardo Ballerini narrates 448 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 4,500 hours in all.

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About as long, on the Espionage shelf

518 Espionage 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 Cairo Affair is an audiobook by Olen Steinhauer: a 12.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Edoardo Ballerini, released March 18, 2014, on the Espionage shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
12.4 hrs
Narrated by
Edoardo Ballerini
Released
March 18, 2014
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Espionage
ISBN
9781427236104

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Cairo Affair as an audiobook?

The Cairo Affair runs 12.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 8.3 hours.

Is The Cairo Affair free as an audiobook?

Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.

Who narrates The Cairo Affair?

The Cairo Affair is narrated by Edoardo Ballerini.

Is The Cairo Affair worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 8.3 hours, saving 4.1 hours.