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The City and the Pillar by Gore Vidal

The City and the Pillar: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The City and the Pillar runs 6.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Will Damron (about 4.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6.4listening hrs
LGBTQ+ (Fiction)store shelf
2019released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6.4 hours of listening.

Days to finish The City and the Pillar at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day13 days
1 hour / day7 days
2 hours / day4 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×5 days

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What our data says

  • At 6.4 hours, it is shorter than 71% of the 2,490 LGBTQ+ (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

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 City and the Pillar is an audiobook by Gore Vidal: a 6.4-hour unabridged recording, read by Will Damron, released October 15, 2019, on the LGBTQ+ (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
6.4 hrs
Narrated by
Will Damron
Released
October 15, 2019
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
LGBTQ+ (Fiction)
ISBN
9781799750925

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The City and the Pillar as an audiobook?

The City and the Pillar runs 6.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4.3 hours.

Is The City and the Pillar free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The City and the Pillar?

The City and the Pillar is narrated by Will Damron.