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The Comfort of Strangers (Vintage International)

by Ian McEwan

Narrated by Alex Jennings

3.69 ABR Score (21.1K ratings)
★ 3.39 Goodreads (21.1K) ★ 3.38 Audible (8)
3h 48m Released 2015 Thriller

Why Listen to This Audiobook?

McEwan turns a Venice holiday into something you'll want to scrub from your memory — and Alex Jennings makes sure you can't.

  • Great if you want: literary psychological dread in a single unsettling sitting
  • Listening experience: slow, suffocating, and deeply atmospheric — dread accumulates quietly
  • Narration: Jennings' measured British delivery amplifies McEwan's controlled menace
  • Skip if: you need resolution or warmth — this ends in cold silence

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