Bullet Train: A Novel Free Audiobook Download by Kotaro Isaka
Bullet Train is a crime thriller novel that follows Takahiro, an ex-cop turned college professor who is just trying to do his job. But when the dean of his university asks for help uncovering the identity of a military general and the student who had sex with him, he finds himself in the thick of things, working against time and the clock.
"The world's first bullet train, 'Blitz-Colle', travels from Tokyo to Osaka in a matter of minutes. It is the fastest train on earth and it does not stop for anything. How will you get your daily bread if something goes wrong at the machine that makes the bread? And what happens if someone decides to make something happen?"
This novel is about the life of a Japanese man and his experiences in a small Japanese town. He has to move away from the town in hopes of finding a better life for him and his family, but he finds that there are some people that can never escape from what they have always known. They were born into certain situations and will die just as planned. One day, he learns of an old train that had been buried beneath the town's landfill. The old train is run by clockwork, so it has not been switched off since it was placed there decades ago. The novel is about our main character's experience with this hidden treasure after he decides to set it up again.
The narrator of the audiobook, 'Pun Bandhu', has a distinctive voice. His voice is deep and gravelly with a tendency to be hoarse at the end of a sentence or word. His reading is slow, with pauses between words, making it easy to follow along even when there are long periods of dialogue.
[('Pun Bandhu')] is the narrator of this audiobook. He starts us off with telling us about his childhood where he was raised by his grandfather because his parents died in a plane crash and that as a result, he has never met them or anyone else from his family. In the first few chapters, we learn how [('Pun Bandhu')] deals with being an orphan and how he copes with the death of his parents.
[Pun Bandhu] narrates this audio book. It is a story about a man's life and his struggle to find meaning in it. There will be moments that are hard to listen through because you have to keep up with the pace of the narrator, but it is worth your time.
Published Date | 2021-11-02 |
Duration | 13 hours 38 minutes |
Author | Kotaro Isaka |
Narrated | Pun Bandhu |
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Abridged | No |
Is It Free? | 30-days Free |
Category | Mystery, Thriller & Horror |
Parent Category | Suspense |