{"id":23002,"date":"2024-01-27T18:08:36","date_gmt":"2024-01-27T23:08:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/?p=23002"},"modified":"2024-01-27T18:09:38","modified_gmt":"2024-01-27T23:09:38","slug":"amongst-our-weapons-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/klishis.com\/reading\/archives\/23002","title":{"rendered":"Amongst Our Weapons, Audio Book"},"content":{"rendered":"

Amongst Our Weapons<\/em>, Audio Book<\/a> (2020) Ben Aaronovitch<\/a> narrated by Kobna Holdbrook-Smith (Rivers of London) <\/p>\n

\"Amongst<\/a><\/p>\n

before the PC on the passenger side got a chance to ask Guleed why she was loitering while wearing a hijab in a built-up area, the driver leaned forward to get a look at us and recognized me.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cMy dad truly believes that if you played a set with Miles Davis, Bill Evans, John Coltrane, Philly Joe Jones, and Betty Carter on vocals, the dead would be rising up by the first drum solo, when Philly hit the hi-hat.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cJazz heaven,\u201d said Danni. <\/p>\n

\u201cOr a jazz zombie apocalypse,\u201d I said. \u201cYou decide.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s hardly likely to be an actual biblical angel,\u201d he said when I\u2019d finished. <\/p>\n

\u201cWhy not?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cIn a world chock-full of murderous blaspheming bastards,\u201d he said, \u201cwhy would an omnipotent and omniscient deity pick a couple of obscure Brits to do away with in such a public manner.\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe they did something particularly bad?\u201d <\/p>\n

\u201cHave you looked at the news recently?\u201d said Postmartin.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Publisher: Tantor Audio<\/p>\n

Rating: 8.5\/10<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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