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The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King by Rich Cohen

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King runs 9 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Robertson Dean (about 6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

9listening hrs
Worldstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 9 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day18 days
1 hour / day9 days
2 hours / day5 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×6 days

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What our data says

  • At 9 hours, it is shorter than 52% of the 7,179 World 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 Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King is an audiobook by Rich Cohen: a 9-hour unabridged recording, read by Robertson Dean, released November 12, 2024, on the World and Business shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
9 hrs
Narrated by
Robertson Dean
Released
November 12, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
World, Business
ISBN
9781250398239

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King as an audiobook?

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King runs 9 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 6 hours.

Is The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King?

The Fish That Ate the Whale: The Life and Times of America's Banana King is narrated by Robertson Dean.