This census-taker / China Miéville ; read by Matthew Frow.
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SoundPublisher: Tullamarine, Victoria : Bolinda Audio, [2016]Copyright date: ℗2016Edition: UnabridgedDescription: 4 CDs (4 hr., 4 min.) : digital, stereo ; 12 cm ; in containerContent type: spoken word Media type: audio Carrier type: audio discISBN: 9781509846481Subject(s): Strangers -- Fiction | Census takers (Persons) -- Fiction | Fathers and sons -- FictionGenre/Form: Fantasy fiction. | Detective and mystery fiction. | Audiobooks. DDC classification: 823.914 Read by Matthew Frow.Summary: In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? This is a story filled with beauty, terror and strangeness.
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In a remote house on a hilltop, a lonely boy witnesses a traumatic event. He tries - and fails - to flee. Left alone with his increasingly deranged parent, he dreams of safety, of joining the other children in the town below, of escape. When at last a stranger knocks at his door, the boy senses that his days of isolation might be over. But by what authority does this man keep the meticulous records he carries? What is the purpose behind his questions? Is he friend? Enemy? Or something else altogether? This is a story filled with beauty, terror and strangeness.
Read by Matthew Frow.
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