Unusual Uses for Olive Oil: Audiobook
Book 4 of the Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainments series
According to The Books Insider's catalog data, the Unusual Uses for Olive Oil audiobook runs 5.3 hours unabridged, narrated by Paul Hecht (about 3.5 hours at 1.5× playback speed).
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Based on 5.3 hours of listening.
| Your pace | You'll finish in |
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| 30 min / day | 11 days |
| 1 hour / day | 6 days |
| 2 hours / day | 3 days |
| 1 hour / day at 1.5× | 4 days |
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What our data says
- At 5.3 hours, it is shorter than 57% of the 4,209 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog.
Catching up on Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainments
This is book 4. Books 1 to 3 run 11.6 hours before it; books 1 to 4 run 16.9 hours in all.
| Book | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Portuguese Irregular Verbs | 3.8 hrs |
| 2 | The Finer Points of Sausage Dogs | 3.9 hrs |
| 3 | At The Villa of Reduced Circumstances | 3.9 hrs |
| 4 | Unusual Uses for Olive Oil | 5.3 hrs |
More narrated by Paul Hecht
Paul Hecht narrates 75 unabridged audiobooks in our catalog, 941 hours in all.
About as long, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf
396 Comedy, Satire & Parody audiobooks in our catalog run within 10% of this length. The most popular on the store:
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About this listen
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil is book 4 of Alexander McCall Smith's Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainments series: a 5.3-hour unabridged recording, read by Paul Hecht, released December 26, 2012, on the Comedy, Satire & Parody shelf.
The listen at a glance
- Length
- 5.3 hrs
- Narrated by
- Paul Hecht
- Released
- December 26, 2012
- Format
- Unabridged audiobook
- Language
- English
- Store shelves
- Comedy, Satire & Parody
- Series
- Professor Dr. von Igelfeld Entertainments #4
- ISBN
- 9781470338121
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How long is the Unusual Uses for Olive Oil audiobook?
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil runs 5.3 hours unabridged. At 1.5× speed that drops to roughly 3.5 hours.
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Who narrates Unusual Uses for Olive Oil?
Unusual Uses for Olive Oil is narrated by Paul Hecht.