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Unusual Uses For Olive Oil
- Narrated by: Julian Rhind-Tutt
- Series: Portuguese Irregular Verbs, Book 4
- Length: 4 hrs and 53 mins
- Unabridged Audiobook
- Categories: Literature & Fiction, Action & Adventure
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- Patricia
- 08-11-11
A True Delight
At first I was a bit worried that the new reader would not be able to fill Hugh Laurie's shoes but Julian Rhind-Tutt made an excellent job of reading this delightful tale. Alexander McCall Smith took us on a roller-coaster ride from the depths of stuffiness of academia to adventure on the top of mountains. There is romance in the air on an academic trip to the Alps and we are given hope that Doctor Professor von Iglefeld will find fortune and romance.
It is Mr McCall Smith's acute ability to observe human nature, to include our animal friends - the one-legged daschund survives- that make these stories so good. I greatly enjoyed these few hours of escape from real life. Please keep writing them Mr Mc Smith!
5 people found this helpful
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- Teemee
- 12-01-14
Brilliantly read
Have you listened to any of Julian Rhind-Tutt’s other performances? How does this one compare?
The story was enjoyable (I love Alexander McCall Smith's stories) but Julian Rhind-Tutt's reading was brilliant - really entertaining and an amazing range of voices! As a result, I'm working my way through his other audio books.
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- Mpy
- 29-08-12
Julian Rhind-Tutt you are brilliant!
A sort of Germanic Mr Bean!! so funny! Julian Rhind-Tutt brings all the characters to life and makes listening to this story such a joy. I laughed out loud. brilliant!!!
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- R. Mcintyre
- 02-03-20
Pretty darn good
Lovely writing, and Julian Rhind-Tutt is a perfect choices as narrator. His delivery is impeccable.
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- PaulTheBull
- 20-04-19
Struggled with the narrator...
By the time the narrator settled into the accents and character names (all of which changed throughout the performance), the story was pretty much over. I don’t think the story brought quite as much joy or horror as previous instalments, and although there was a bit of news for a minor character, the story was unfortunately somewhat missable.
Such a let-down as I loved the previous three!
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- Celia 22
- 22-03-19
Excellent book
I love these Portuguese irregular verb stories, so true of academics. The usual tensions between Herr Professor Dr Dr Avon Igelfield and his colleagues portrayed to perfection by McCall Smith and read by Julian Rhind Tutt.
I enjoyed it very much.