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The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion by Cory Leadbeater

The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion: Audiobook

According to The Books Insider's catalog data, The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion runs 6 hours as an unabridged audiobook, narrated by Charlie Thurston (about 4 hours at 1.5× playback speed).

6listening hrs
Memoirsstore shelf
2024released
Free for new listeners

The instrument When will you finish it?

Based on 6 hours of listening.

Days to finish The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion at common listening paces
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30 min / day12 days
1 hour / day6 days
2 hours / day3 days
1 hour / day at 1.5×4 days

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What our data says

  • At 6 hours, it is shorter than 75% of the 10,266 Memoirs 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 Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion is an audiobook by Cory Leadbeater: a 6-hour unabridged recording, read by Charlie Thurston, released June 11, 2024, on the Memoirs and Literature shelves.

The listen at a glance

Length
6 hrs
Narrated by
Charlie Thurston
Released
June 11, 2024
Format
Unabridged audiobook
Language
English
Store shelves
Memoirs, Literature
ISBN
9780063371606

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Questions listeners ask

How long is The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion as an audiobook?

The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion runs 6 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 4 hours.

Is The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion free as an audiobook?

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Who narrates The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion?

The Uptown Local: Joy, Death, and Joan Didion is narrated by Charlie Thurston.