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The Tightrope Men by Desmond Bagley

The Tightrope Men: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Tightrope Men runs 10.5 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Paul Tyreman (about 7 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

10.5listening hrs
Action & Adventure (Fiction)store shelf
2017released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 10.5 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Tightrope Men at common listening paces
Your paceYou'll finish in
30 min / day21 days
1 hour / day11 days
2 hours / day6 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×7 days

Part of The Audiobook Finish-Time Calculator: the same instrument for any audiobook we measure.

What our data says

  • At 10.5 hours, it runs longer than 66% of the 6,730 Action & Adventure (Fiction) audiobooks in our catalog.

About as long, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf

1,213 Action & Adventure (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 Tightrope Men is an audiobook by Desmond Bagley: a 10.5-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Tyreman, released September 21, 2017, on the Action & Adventure (Fiction) shelf.

The listen at a glance

Length
10.5 hrs
Narrated by
Paul Tyreman
Released
September 21, 2017
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Action & Adventure (Fiction)
ISBN
9780008216139

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Tightrope Men as an audiobook?

The Tightrope Men runs 10.5 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 7 hours.

Is The Tightrope Men free as an audiobook?

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

Who narrates The Tightrope Men?

The Tightrope Men is narrated by Paul Tyreman.

Is The Tightrope Men worth listening to at 1.5× speed?

At 1.5× you'd finish in about 7 hours, saving 3.5 hours.