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An autobiographical account of Sassoon’s childhood and youth presented in novel form, ‘Memoirs of a Fox-Hunting Man’ was one of Sassoon’s first forays into prose. A true classic, MOAFHM won both the Hawthornden Prize and the James Tait Black Memorial Prize. An amusing and touching audiobook, given new vitality through the spoken word.

ISBN: 9781906147709 / 4CDs / 5Hrs / Abridged

"one of the most exquisite literary products of the early 20th century...James Wilby reins in his narrative to start with, adopts a hectic pace for gallops over gorse and heathland, then slows again for the elegiac wartime coda." - The Times

"a powerful and sensitive narration" - The Oldie

"Jeremy Northam's narration brilliantly creates Waugh's self-parodying dialogue" - The Observer

"Intelligently filleted...the musical framing is particularly good" - The Times

A study of faith and disillusionment in a rapidly fading glamorous upper-class world, Waugh’s most famous novel is partly autobiographical and is a gripping multi-character-study of aristocratic life behind closed doors.FEATURES STRIKING FILM TIE-IN ARTWORK COURTESY OF MIRAMAX.

4CDs / 5Hrs / Abridged / ISBN: 9781906147266

"A remarkably apposite portrait of a hedonistic society whose selfish indulgence surely cannot last - even the PM is called Brown! The successful part-dramatisation gives the edge to Waugh's caustic satire, bringing to life the dreadful characters with their wine-soaked soirees" - The Observer

"This CSA Word adaptation could not be bettered" - audiobooksreview.co.uk

A brilliant study of the 1920s/30s and the difference between the high-living, party going ‘bright young people’ and the older, more traditional rich, read by three of Britain's best actors.

4CDs / 5Hrs / Abridged / ISBN: 9781906147273

The world is being invaded by aliens! Although humanity doesn’t quite realize it yet…Wyndham’s apocalyptic and sociologically-relevant novel imagines the years during n alien ‘invasion’ where unknown creatures set up home in the deepest parts of the sea. A complete and unabridged exclusive from CSA Word.

Unabridged / 7CDs / 8Hrs / ISBN: 9781906147754

AUDIBLE’s ‘LISTEN OF THE WEEK’ - for 12th March

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GEORGE ORWELL’S direct style and his hard honesty and humanity blend brilliantly in this striking reading by Jeremy Northam.