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You Could Do Something Amazing with Your Life
- You Are Raoul Moat
- Narrated by: Daniel Weyman
- Length: 3 hrs and 33 mins
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Summary
This is a work of narrative nonfiction based on the last days of the fugitive Raoul Moat, a Geordie bodybuilder and mechanic who became nationally notorious in Britain one hot summer's week when, after killing his ex-girlfriend's new lover, shooting her in the stomach, and blinding a policeman, he disappeared into the woods of Northumberland, evading discovery for seven days - even when TV tracker Ray Mears was employed by the police to find him.
Bizarrely, alcoholic ex-England footy star Paul 'Gazza' Gascoigne also played a role, trying to get a fishing rod and a chicken to Moat by taxi.
Eventually, cornered by the police, Moat shot himself. Andrew Hankinson, a journalist and a Geordie, tells Moat's story in the second person, which means that the listener is uncomfortably close at all times to Raoul Moat. It is an audio experience unrelieved by authorial distance or omniscient interpretation.
Everything comes from Moat's mind - from his recordings and writings - and the narrative Hankinson has woven is compelling, even if Moat's sentimentality, suspicion, and self-pity are never far from sight.
This is a narrative in the great tradition of Norman Mailer or Hunter S. Thompson - or, given its North of England flavour, Gordon Burn or David Peace.
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- Longhorn
- 06-08-22
Failed by the system
Put together from a number of sources to create a brilliant POV account of Raoul Moat, showing the lead up to his demise, his thought processes and ultimately the failure of our system on a social and political level. Engrossing but ultimately heartbreaking, a superb insight into a troubled man screwed over by life, society and the failure of government policies to act and care for those in need.
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- Amazon Customer
- 30-01-23
brilliant throughout
a fantastic piece. get it. wow. stunning. narration is perfect. that's it for the minute
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- Jay Soul
- 04-06-16
Shocking
Incredible read and the narrator was fantastic. Brings to life the rounded shadows of a troubled man.
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- Gemma
- 13-06-23
Great listen
Very well compiled, very well told in the view of Raul moat. really enjoyed it.
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- Dquayle
- 07-04-22
An extremely sad story
Brilliant book, so well read and considered. A very sad, solemn story but made me feel the frustration of Moat. I remember this story but there is great depth to this book. I did find myself feeling more sorry for Moat than his victims, it would have been good to cover them in more detail.
Overall a really interesting book from the view of Moat, the format worked brilliantly, maybe too well!
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- L. Alexander
- 23-04-23
Unbelievably well written and narrated
What a flash into the mind of raoul moat I’ve just listened to. I enjoyed very much the effort to create such a experience by the author and the incredible narration to give me a snap shot in the life and end of Raoul Moat.
I had read other good reviews of the books and always considered listening or reading it one day, I highly recommend this experience, it is not uplifting or inspiring in the traditional sense, but it does give something different which somehow muster those words through the insight to the Raouls mind and the detailed experience of his life and final days.
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- Anthony Waller
- 10-02-23
Excellent
A fascinating a strangely moving book. Amazing in so many ways and an extraordinary achievement by the author. Superb performance from the narrator as well.
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- Mark Jackson
- 08-11-20
excellent
Rivetting from start to finish. Did it all in the days.
You actually are..Raul Moat
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- Jamie
- 29-08-18
Quietly Impressed
This was a very unique take on a true crime novel - for me at least. I really enjoyed it, if that’s the right phrase to be using. I remember the events well, being broadcast live on tv as the manhunt happened. I remember thinking it was a tragic loss of life on all counts as well.
I had read reviews that said the book dragged in the middle. I don’t feel that was the case. I felt it became garbled and repetitive in the middle. Which given that this was an attempt to put the reader into Raoul Moat’s mindset, I think portrayed the frantic nature of his actions and the situation really well.
The book does make you question how you feel or felt about him and the event. It makes you feel quite sorry for him in one moment and within seconds makes you feel quite the opposite.
It’s a good book and although some parts seem strangely upbeat, ultimately it’s heavy going by the end of it all, but thoroughly recommended.
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- Stephen
- 10-08-18
Brilliant
This is well written and superbly narrated. A gripping insight and one of the best audio books I have listened too.
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