The Pole: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Pole runs 3.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Colin Mace (about 2.4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 3.5 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 7 days |
| 1 hour / day | 4 days |
| 2 hours / day | 2 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 3 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 3.5 hours, it is shorter than 91% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by Colin Mace
Colin Mace narrates 212 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 2,267 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
325 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
- The Time Machine
- Elevation
- Of Mice And Men
- Our Souls at Night
- Diary of an Oxygen Thief
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 Pole is an audiobook by J.M. Coetzee: a 3.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Colin Mace, released September 19, 2023, on the Literary Fiction and Fiction shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 3.5 hrs
- Narrated by
- Colin Mace
- Released
- September 19, 2023
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Fiction
- ISBN
- 9798890590930
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Pole as an audiobook?
The Pole runs 3.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 2.4 hours.
Is The Pole free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Pole?
The Pole is narrated by Colin Mace.