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A Fine and Private Place
- Narrated by: Neil Gaiman
- Length: 10 hrs and 4 mins
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Summary
Jonathan Rebeck is homeless. Bankrupt. He has dropped out of society and has been living quietly in a local cemetery, under the care of a raven who is quite good at stealing sandwiches.
Far from being lonely, however, Jonathan is able to converse with the ghosts around him, and finds himself following two new spirits, Michael and Laura, as they fall in love with each other. He becomes invested in, and part of, their cautious romance. But the circumstances behind Michael's death are slipping from his memory, and the further from life they drift, the closer the loss of love feels.
When a visiting widow stumbles across Jonathan in his graveyard home, will the living world begin to intrude on this fine and private place?
Peter S. Beagle's legendary, beautiful debut novel is filled with all his characteristic warmth and humanity. With a new introduction by Neil Gaiman, A Fine and Private Place is a timeless classic from the author of The Last Unicorn.
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- Paul Bradley
- 22-10-23
Worth the wait.
A delightful little story that I’ve been waiting to be released for some time now, it very much puts me in mind of a Studio Ghibli story (and I would love to see them adapt it) and I can also easily see how Neil Gaiman calls it a massive influence upon his work. Quite unbelievable that this was written when Beagle was just 19.
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- Anonymous User
- 19-04-24
Lovely story but the narrator is NOT Neil Gaiman
As always, Peter Beagle writes gorgeous, lyrical, gentle stories. My only issue is that the details list Neil Gaiman as the narrator, which is incorrect. Gaiman wrote an intro but did not narrate. The narrator is ok, but I was distracted by some of the pronunciations.
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