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Originally Posted by Sennen
It wasn't bad. The book has long been deemed unfilmable but it kind of worked on radio because radio does internal monologues rather well.
It was interesting to see what they kept and what they cut out and how some dream sequences were foregrounded. A couple of the scenes felt genuinely tense. Nice listen, though it's 1hr 26 mins and not 60 mins as the BBC iPlayer claimed
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I'm another who struggled with this book and I had to go back to it a few times, over more than a few years.
I find it hard to conceive that it has been reduced to a mere 86 minutes though - you have me wondering what has this version lost in the conversion from a complex book to an audio presentation?
Maybe I should get hold of a copy to see 
Initially, I started reading this book for the bike riding aspect (I guess we all did), but the philosophy of quality came shining through as I managed to make progress; the messages in there have lost no potency with time - if anything, they are more appropriate to modern, developed nations than ever.
As for the sequel, I never did get very far into reading about Lila and her morals; nor am I sure that I want to now.
Thanks for this thread!!
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