The Tourist

Name: The Tourist
Brand: Hachette Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Robert Dickinson
ISBN: 9781478913740

Author: Robert Dickinson

Narrator: Peter Kenny

Unabridged: 9 hr 53 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Orbit

Published: 10/18/2016

Categories: Fiction, Science Fiction, Literary Fiction

Synopsis

"A rare treat: a time travel tale that brings something new to the subgenre. . ..A wry social commentary and an uneasy tale of escalating paranoia." Guardian

THE FUTURE IS ALREADY WRITTEN.

THE FUTURE HAS ALREADY HAPPENED.

"Welcome to the 21st Century. Please don't feed the natives. . ..Echoes of Bradbury and Orwell, in the service of a crackerjack conspiracy plot; a seductively intriguing work of speculative fiction." Kirkus

TIME TRAVEL IS CONFUSING.

"Leaps of time, identity, and chronology create a dark, chillingly claustrophobic atmosphere." Publishers Weekly

PROCEED WITH CAUTION.

WHO WILL SOLVE THE PUZZLE OF THE TOURIST?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Bradley on February 10, 2017

Masterpiece? No. But is it as bad as all the reviews seem to say? No. So what is it? Is this time-travel mystery worth reading? Well, I'll let you in on a secret. The audiobook narrator, Peter Kenny, is absolutely fantastic. This is going to color my outlook very positively. That being said, maybe no......more

Goodreads review by Stevie on November 04, 2016

Spoiler free review followed by Spoilers and FAQ Can I interest you in an Audiobook on “hard mode”? Do you like time travel, conspiracies and detective stories? Instead of reading a detective story, have you ever wanted to be the detective? Do you think you might enjoy the audiobook equivalent of putt......more

Goodreads review by Figgy on September 17, 2019

LINK UPDATED Actual rating 3.5 The blurb of this book is highly misleading, suggesting that it is a thriller with a potential time travel twist, but in reality it is all about the time travel. The fact that it was marketed as thriller more than time travel almost lead to me deciding not to read this t......more

Goodreads review by Kate on January 03, 2018

Hmmm... great premise but this must be one of the most confusing books I've read in a long time. I might have finished it but I still haven't a clue.......more

Quotes

"As fresh and compelling as it is high concept ... Packed with dry humor, satirical swipes at the twenty-first century, and vivid characters....Immensely enjoyable."—SFX

"Welcome to the 21st Century....Echoes of Bradbury and Orwell, in the service of a crackerjack conspiracy plot; a seductively intriguing work of speculative fiction."—Kirkus

"The leaps of time, identity, and chronology create a dark, chillingly claustrophobic atmosphere."
—Publishers Weekly

"Dickinson has created a bleak future world and spins a plot most appropriate for readers who appreciate ambiguity."
—Booklist

"The story is slowly but surely teased out, intermittently dropping little details while advancing the plot at a breathtaking pace ... among the most gripping of any SF novel we've read this year."—SciFiNow

"Riveting"—The Sunday Times