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Dr Fischer of Geneva

By: Graham Greene
Narrated by: Julian Wadham
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Doctor Fischer despises the human race. A millionaire with a taste for sadism, he spends his time and money planning notorious parties, entertainments designed to expose the shallowness and greed of his craven hangers-on. Black comedy and painful satire combine in a totally compelling novel.

‘Manages to say more about love, hate, happiness, grief, immortality, greed and the disgustingly rich than most contemporary English novels three times the length’ The Times

©2020 Graham Greene (P)2020 Penguin Audio Classics Dark Humour Literature & Fiction Satire Comedy Witty

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A quirky story. The narrator is excellent. If you have enjoyed other Graham Greene novels, I think you should also enjoy this one.

Great performance

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A well written and interesting short novel about being human and very wealthy, and how greed can alter your personality and decision making. Brilliantly narrated by Julian Wadham, who brings a sensitivity to the characters and circumstances.

Despicable Dr Fischer.

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Julian Wadham was perfect for this strange but brilliant Graham Greene novel. Greed, love , hate and power all rolled up in this little book.

Excellent Narration, brilliant book

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It's a pity Greene didn't do murder mysteries - this novel has all the ingredients of one. A circle of bizarre characters, a hated central figure, a stand alone rebel, a man with a long standing grudge and two blighted love affairs. It's well-written, well-paced and beautifully read. The ending was a little weak maybe but overall well worth a read.

Very enjoyable

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It was a real treat to have this book read so beautifully. I often have to stop listening to audible books< because the readers drive me nuts. The story is extremely well written, concise, spare and gripping. It is almost accompanied by spooky music and nods it's hat to Tales of the Unexpected. I loved it and would highly recommend it

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A perfect book

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Devastating story of greed by the genius that is Graham Greene beautifully narrated by Julian Wadham.

Brilliant!

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Bought this as a first edition hardback decades ago. Thought I was being very smart etc for having done so, I'm older, much, now than when I bought the book. I wasn't sure what the point was when I read the book, now I'm still uncertain. If I was supposed to believe/accept that all those awful people were awful simply because they went to all those parties to be humiliated in the hope of a mention in the will, well yes, I did believe all that. Did I need the droopy anti-hero to come to that conclusion? No, I didn't. He's got no less droopy with the passing of the years. Was I supposed to dislike everyone including the droopy anti-hero? No idea, but I did and do. The reading is very well executed, I found and find the story exasperatingly gloomy and depressing - contact with large amounts of money is a bad thing? At some point everybody has to sit down at The Bomb Party and be served up endless quantities of Rice Pudding - ghastly muck in my opinion and apparently Graham Greene's as well - it's fortunately a very short book.

Dank and Defeatist

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