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  • The F*ck-It List

  • By: John Niven
  • Narrated by: Ian Porter
  • Length: 7 hrs and 23 mins
  • 4.5 out of 5 stars (249 ratings)

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The F*ck-It List

By: John Niven
Narrated by: Ian Porter
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Summary

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You're terminally ill.

Who do you kill?

Set in a near-future America, an America that has borne two terms of a Trump presidency and is now in the first term of Donald’s daughter as president, Frank Brill, a retired small-town newspaper editor, lives in a world where the populist policies Trump is currently so keen to pursue have been a reality for some years and are getting even more extreme – an erosion of abortion rights, less and less gun control, xenophobic immigration policies.

Frank, a good man, has just been given a terminal diagnosis. Rather than compile a bucket list of all the things he’s ever wanted to do in his life, he instead has at the ready his ‘fuck-it list’. Because Frank has had to endure more than his fair share of personal misfortune. And he has the names of those who are to blame for all of the tragedies that have befallen him.

But eventually, as he becomes more accustomed to dishing out cold revenge and the stakes get higher and higher, and with a rogue county sheriff on his tail, there only remains one name left at the bottom of his fuck-it list.

©2020 John Niven (P)2020 Penguin Audio
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"Gripping, terrifying and hilarious – John Niven is our Hunter S. Thompson." (Adam Kay, author of This Is Going to Hurt)

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MAGA

it's a great premise, but just not as bitingly black as his other books

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Good book, well narrated

Very funny, though bound to offend some. if you've read/listened to John Niven before you'll know what to expect.

The narration is first class - the rendering of certain characters is eerily true to life.

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Incisive, vivid, and timely

Niven expertly extrapolates all of the US's current maladies into frightening and surreal near future

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Loved it! Classic Niven.

A really enjoyable ride from start to finish and the narrator’s performance was one of the best I’ve heard on audible. If you like fun but twisted stories that include political satire this is definitely for you.

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great listen

loved it! shame it had to end. loved all of John's books. The guy that read the book was also ace!

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Great! Classic Niven

Sweary, scary and oh-so-good! Binged it in just a couple of sessions. Not for the faint hearted. But you knew that already right?

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Niven on Top Form

This novel has an audacious plot and is part political satire and part thriller. I loved it and raced through it. The book is not so much a whodunnit but more of a 'when's he going to do it and to whom and how?'. It is a shockingly believable portrait of an America that might just happen if the wrong people stay in control long enough and the right people get angry enough to do something about it. Crisply paced and brilliantly read, this is an absolute must for anyone who loves intelligent satire laced with warmth, wit, sadness and truly just deserts for those that need them.

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Surprised

Picked this up without prior knowledge of the author and thoroughly enjoyed the story. The narrator was excellent as well. Will check out more by John Niven now.

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great

I found myself lost in this book very easily. humourous and intriguing at the same time.

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Dark but very entertaining

Set in 2025 America during a future Trump presidential dynasty where Ivan has succeeded Donald as president after he has driven through his policies of MAGA. Alarming almost prophetic. Dark humour which has you rooting for the principal character despite his descent into revenge killings as compared to those he murders he is a a good guy at heart who has had his share of tragedy and loss at their hands. i really enjoyed the parody of Trump and the narrator got the accent and mannerisms down to a tee. great listening.

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