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The Prophet and the Idiot
- Narrated by: Peter Kenny
- Length: 10 hrs and 6 mins
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Summary
The brand-new, hilarious, feel-good adventure from the internationally bestselling author of The Hundred Year-Old Man Who Climbed Out of the Window and Disappeared
Sweden, late summer of 2011. Self-taught astrophysicist Petra has calculated that the atmosphere will collapse on the 21st of September that year, around 21.20 to be more precise, bringing about the end of times.
Armed with this terrible knowledge, Petra meets Johan, a domesday prophet, and Agnes, a widow of 75 who has made bank living a double life on social media as a young influencer. Together, the trio race through Europe as they plan to make the most out of the time they have left, in more ways than one.
But of course, things rarely go to plan, even the end of the world…
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- Creative Butterfly
- 01-09-23
Amusing as usual
You can never go wrong with Jonas Jonassons books funny, quirky with political humour.
Main characters are loveable, story takes you through many countries meeting political figures as normal.
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- J. Hughes
- 10-01-24
So good!
Master of invention and unexpected! I have listened to several other of Jonas’ books and think this is probably the best. I hope there are more. This is a very engaging hilarious and well imagined story whose characters grow with the plot. A book I will listen to again for sure. The lighthearted narration really adds to the experience. All soooo good.
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- Linda Mustapha
- 03-04-24
Brilliant book !
The story and the characters came to life through the actor Peter Kenny, who through his vast array of voices, gave the book by Jonas Jonasson that bit of spice.
The story keeps you laughing and enthralled with the characters moving from one scene to another, but all beautifully intertwined. A must read for anyone wanting a smile or two to start their day!
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- Rosemary Edward
- 11-07-23
You did it again So so funny😆
Enjoined all of it. looking forward to his next book. till then read it again.
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- Timmy1409
- 18-07-24
Bravo
Ludicrously brilliant once again! Such a wonderful imagination- brilliantly told. Can’t wait until the next instalment of ridiculous surrealness.
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- Anonymous User
- 10-02-24
Whacky and warm
As usual the author manages to take a rather plain individual and along with random people he meets, go on a transcontinental journey full of coincidence and mishap. If you have any interest in the world, following Johan across the globe is a worthy listen.
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- MR
- 18-06-24
Typical Jonasson
If you love Jonas Jonasson you'l love this. Classic Jonas political comedy with bizarre twists and matter of fact craziness.
Perhaps it was a bit too 'classic jonason', whilst different and typically unpredictable I did carry the feeling I'd read it before, it was brilliant but didn't feel new.
I'd re-listen for fun but i would like something fresh from him.
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- stav
- 22-07-23
Just fantastic!
Ridiculous, outrageous, very funny, completely unbelievable and believable simultaneously! The author, the translation, and the reader, all come together in this hilarious and uplifting book. Loved every minute of it!
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- Ms M J Molloy
- 13-06-24
A big smile of a story!
JJ on magnificent form, weaving wild stretches of imagination with delightful characters and nuggets of wisdom.
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- SannieAnn
- 18-08-23
loved it
very amusing throughout and I really liked all the characters with their quirky personalities. definitely worth the read/listen
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