The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone runs 20 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Vishal Menon (about 13.3 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 20 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 40 days |
| 1 hour / day | 20 days |
| 2 hours / day | 10 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 14 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 20 hours, it runs longer than 98% of the 9,905 Social Science audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Vishal Menon
Vishal Menon narrates 26 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 127 hours in all.
About as long, on the Social Science shelf
154 Social Science 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 Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone is an audiobook by Shashi Tharoor: a 20-hour unabridged recording, read by Vishal Menon, released July 30, 2019, on the Social Science shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 20 hrs
- Narrated by
- Vishal Menon
- Released
- July 30, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Social Science
- ISBN
- 9780143499756
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone as an audiobook?
The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone runs 20 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 13.3 hours.
Is The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone?
The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone is narrated by Vishal Menon.
Is The Elephant, the Tiger and the Cellphone worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 13.3 hours, saving 6.7 hours.