The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling: Audiobook
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling runs 11.4 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by John Heffernan (about 7.6 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
The instrument When will you finish it?
Based on 11.4 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
|---|---|
| 30 min / day | 23 days |
| 1 hour / day | 12 days |
| 2 hours / day | 6 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 8 days |
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What our data says
- At 11.4 hours, it runs longer than 74% of the 14,520 Literary Fiction audiobooks in our catalog.
More narrated by John Heffernan
John Heffernan narrates 17 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 101 hours in all.
About as long, on the Literary Fiction shelf
2,753 Literary Fiction 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 Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling is an audiobook by Jonathan Coe: a 11.4-hour unabridged recording, read by John Heffernan, released July 4, 2019, on the Literary Fiction and Comedy, Satire & Parody shelves.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 11.4 hrs
- Narrated by
- John Heffernan
- Released
- July 4, 2019
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Literary Fiction, Comedy, Satire & Parody
- ISBN
- 9780241987179
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Start listening freeQuestions listeners ask
How long is The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling as an audiobook?
The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling runs 11.4 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7.6 hours.
Is The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling free as an audiobook?
Yes, for new listeners: the trial starts you with three free audiobooks.
Who narrates The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling?
The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling is narrated by John Heffernan.
Is The Terrible Privacy Of Maxwell Sim: A heart-breaking and hilarious novel about one man’s midlife unravelling worth listening to at 1.5× speed?
At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7.6 hours, saving 3.8 hours.