John Ironmonger has 2 audiobooks on Listento.it, narrated by 2 narrators, with an average listener rating of 5★ across 2 ratings. The most-rated is Not Forgetting the Whale.
Not Forgetting the Whale
Summary
The story of a man who had given up hope....and the village that gave it back to him. When a young City trader, Joe, washes up on the sands of St Piran in Cornwall, warning of a deadly pandemic virus and a financial apocalypse, he is rescued by the villagers and given a home. From the retired village doctor and the beachcomber, to the priest's wife and the flamboyant romantic novelist, they take this lost soul into their midst. The village, Joe tells them, must store up food, and isolate themselves to stay safe. But are Joe's fears unfounded? Why has Joe fled the city for St Piran? And what of the whale that lurks in the bay? Intimate, funny and heart-warming, Not Forgetting the Whale is a story about a community reacting to a deadly threat, about the best and worst in our nature - and the search for a place to call home.
©2015 John Ironmonger (P)2015 Orion Publishing Group
Der Wal und das Ende der Welt
Summary
Eines Morgens retten die Bewohner des idyllischen Fischerdorfs St. Piran einen jungen Mann aus dem Wasser. Alle kümmern sich rührend um ihn: der pensionierte Arzt Dr. Books, der Strandgutsammler Kenny Kennet, die Romanautorin Demelza Trevarrick und Polly, die hübsche Frau des Pastors. Doch keiner von ihnen ahnt, wie existenziell ihre Gemeinschaft vermutlich bedroht ist. Denn Joe ist aus London geflohen, wo er einen Kollaps in Gang gesetzt hat. Aber steht wirklich das Ende der ganzen Zivilisation bevor? Und was ist mit dem Wal, der in der Bucht von St. Piran viel zu nah am Strand schwimmt?
©2019 S. FISCHER 2019. S. Fischer Verlag GmbH, Frankfurt am Main. Übersetzung von Maria Poets und Tobias Schnettler (P)2019 Argon Verlag GmbH, Berlin