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In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People: Volvo
- Narrated by: Susannah Jones, Allyson Johnson
- Length: 47 mins
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Summary
Acclaimed author of The Adults Alison Espach’s short story "In-Depth Market Research Interviews with Dead People" is an at-once hilarious and heart-breaking portrait of a dead woman’s marriage and the Volvo that stood in the middle of it all.
If you knew you were going to die in two years, would you still have gone with the Volvo? So begins the first question of this interview between the recently deceased Linda and her Volvo’s Market Research representative. Over the course of the rest of the interview, listen in and roll down your window into not only a woman’s marriage but a psyche. This brilliantly woven tale shines a light on our collective idiosyncrasies, neuroses, and desires. In the tradition of Sally Rooney and Maria Semple, Alison Espach threads the needle between humor and devastation and emerges a master of observational satire and millennial voice.
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- Ellen
- 04-10-23
Excellent
Stumbled across this audio story by mistake and it just really funny I think it's anyway really good I wish there was more of them looking forward to listening to the other.
Thank you 🙂
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- dee
- 31-07-22
Interesting short story
Not my usual genre, but this is both an interesting and moving exploration of a life told from the perspective of the deceased. Well-performed by the narrators.
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- Norma Miles
- 18-02-23
"What do you want?"
The first in a brief run of one hour short stories in which respondents reveal far more about their emotional states when alive through the guise of being interviewed by a market researcher after their deaths. Each character is performed by a different narrator. In this episode, a Volvo representative interviews a lifelong Volvo car user. Narrators are Susannah Jones and Allyson Johnson.
At.times sweet, sometimes sad, and a little thought provoking.
Available for free through the Audible Plus programme
A quick and unusual tiny slice of life, perfect to fill in a lunch break or shortish journey.
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- Bevvers
- 02-02-24
Not as good as Bounty.
This book is number one in a series of three. It's good but not as good as number two (Bounty).
Still, it's thought provoking, kind of freeing & enjoyable enough.
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- C. Windermere Stoke
- 17-11-22
Interviews have no end
Passionate interview style of fiction, but I prefer stories with a beginning, middle, and end. This was just exuberant explaining of a one hour experience. Good enough though.
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- NJK71
- 01-04-23
New sort of Tales of the unexpected
A short story- insightful and very thought provoking- excellent.
Volvo- boxy but safe and suburbia vs living and passion
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- Sebrina Autumn Calkins
- 30-08-23
Odd Premise Exquisitely Realised
I'm seriously blown away by this short story that packs so much of a person and emotion into such a small, strange package! The concept is amusing, an interview from a car company representative with a dead person, but between the author and the lead performer a wonderful and raw story is elevated into a jaw-dropping audio play that truly hits the mark.
Genuinely one of the best of the many things I've listened to in the Audible Included library.
Bravo!
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- Moxy
- 06-09-23
Disappointed with this one !
Very disappointed and Boring.
Not sure why do many funny reviews.
It's rubbish.
Not for me sadly.
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