Dick Francis - The Edge

[@rosainecalmeyer4428]

What a wonderful narrator!

[@glindathegoodwitch3385]

Thank you the upload and ESPECIALLY for a human narrator.

[@trudieallen7594]

Throughly enjoyed the story, especially the narrator Mr Tony Briton' One of the best story tellers and a great actor. Thank you..

[@elegant6066]

Wow, what a ride. I so very much enjoyed this. Thank you for the upload.

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

What a gripping and entertaining story. The high quality narration is a real treasure in our current age of dreadful voice bots. Thank you very much for sharing this for us to enjoy. Very much appreciated. 😊

[@carolreynolds7335]

One of Dick Francis best.....expertly read by the late Tony Britton. Bringing a book to life in audio is a true talent

[@htukram]

Agreed, even if he gets the pronunciation of Via Rail wrong. It's the word via, pronounced with a long e sound, not the letters V.I.A.

[@judikingsman6132]

Oh, what a story‼️Thank you 😊.

[@mrsmiggins6435]

Fantastic story! Thank you

[@cr3237]

This is favourite book of his. Read it many times!

[@glindathegoodwitch3385]

Thank you for uploading this novel and ESPECIALLY for a human reader.

[@derendathieke8947]

I have read his books starting in the 80s, and always loved the characters and story lines Dick Francis created. All of his characters seem like people who could be in your own circle of friends and acquaintances. This is not one I have read, but another very good story.

[@jimmaccormaic6689]

I hadn’t realised what a good writer Dick Francis is. Now I know he’s not just a good writer but also wonderfully capable of creating plots and characters a reader really cares about. This is really excellent in every way, and wonderfully read as well. Bravo!

[@bernadettehomerski3561]

Excellent story and great research…I re-travelled the VIA rail trail stop by stop across Canada. Brilliantly done. One small detail that did itch like a burr under the saddle : the reference the VIA Rail as the ‘V-I-A’…just sounded so odd as a train travelling Canadian! Looking for more from this writer!

[@chrisberry9017]

@@bernadettehomerski3561 There’s a lot out there to read, and also by his son, Felix!

[@patcarlin7695]

@@bernadettehomerski3561 /€×∆

[@sandysands5066]

That’s exactly how I feel listening to P.G Wodehouse when the British reader, speaking for an American character of the criminal class, says, “Yay” for “Yeah”. It’s jarring. It disturbs the flow of the story. By the way, “Yeah” in America is pronounced like bear, without the “r”.☺️

[@Clarice-e6g]

So glad I found this gem...Great ride !....Thank you

[@suecollins3246]

I tell you one of the things I _love_ about Dick Francis's characters; they indulge in a lot of self-examination and introspection, they're constantly filled with self-doubt and feelings of inadequacy. It gives them warmth, it makes them real; our own doubts and inadequacies reach out to theirs and we feel more in touch, and in harmony with, the world around us.

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

That's a brilliant and absolutely accurate comment. I've loved his work for years, and was very pleased to find this. I've also always loved the fact that no matter what he's writing about - the wine industry, jewelry making, and aviation are a few areas that spring to mind - his research is meticulous, and he brings those subjects to life as much as he enlivens his characters. He's truly a gifted writer.

[@suecollins3246]

Yes! I've read _everything_ he's written. I believe his wife did a lot of his research. But nonetheless - lovely books.

[@ofthedarknessthemoonlight5412]

@@suecollins3246 same here! And im just so happy the research was done. Kudos to his wife!

[@elainemagson213]

One of his best. Thank you! Tony Britton makes it such fun!

[@trevorwoodsmonkeyboy2220]

Tony Britton is surely the best narrator ever to read a Dick Francis novel

[@clarajones7646]

Thank you so very much......................

[@ldm2728]

what a voice! excellent story, beautifully narrated!! thank you for your work in bringing it to us!!

[@katehobbs2008]

Beautifully read.

[@marymaceachran2586]

Subtlety written and exquisitely narrated.

[@arliegage1380]

3 evenings to get thru after supper instead of TV❤

[@rallyburnzsimracing8571]

I used to listen to these books on cassette..very enjoyable

[@pattynielsen5506]

Franics' early books, where he is a steeple chase jockey and then a couple books later where he is a retired jockey doing undercover investigative work at a corrupt track are just incomparable. Even though the books are very old, my library, where I just retired from had to periodically reorder new copies because the supply is so dog-eared and worn out. A testimony to this author's popularity.

[@sueelliott8590]

Brilliantly read. !

[@sackclothandmoonshine4619]

Wow! We LOVED it!

[@lakshmibhaskara1516]

Thank you great listening

[@suzannahjames5264]

Super duper! Thank you 🎈

[@nancygalloway5341]

Thank you so much! God bless 😊.

[@dorothymercer938]

So happy to find that there are Dick Francis audio books!! I have all of his books! Amazing writer! Can't read much anymore, thank you so much!!❤

[@LNdolls]

I really enjoyed this one... one I had not read before. Thanks!

[@gordanamagdalena4149]

Lovely narration

[@tessellatiaartilery8197]

The closing music is also a really nice touch too. Thank you for the thoughtful 🌹 flower, very calming after a fantastic story.

[@susanguyot3187]

Having read all of Dick Francis’s books twice, listening to these audibles is a real treat. As a Canadian though, it was very annoying to hear the conductor’s overuse of ‘eh’. We do say that on occasion but not nearly as much as used here and if became old very fast.

[@booker0110]

Not being Canadian I loved it.

[@tonybethparkes2864]

As I'm a big fan of railroading and of Dick&Mary Francis, this was always one of my favorites. Thoughts: 1. Although I've read the book twice, listening brought out many details I had forgotten or must have glossed over. 2. Tony Britton did American/Canadian accents better than most English actors I've heard... but he goofed on "VIA Rail," which is generally pronounced like the word "via" rather than "V.I.A."... and he didn't get the cadence of the Canadian "eh." He put in a stop before the "eh" and emphasized the word, whereas a Canadian would say it on a falling tone without a pause. Try it on this ancient joke: "What's a Canadian's favorite jazz number?" "Take the train, eh."

[@gabrisstitches8038]

Excellent!

[@gilllongano5360]

Thank you DF and bravo to a v good reader❤

[@vivthespiv1]

nice easy-listening novel. my intro to DF. Thanks.

[@patbowman9959]

Francis always delivers.

[@chrisberry9017]

You are in for a treat! Enjoy!

[@cawiltu]

Great find. A modern writer who can stay out of the bedroom. 👍👍

[@BCSoHappy]

Thèse books were written jointly by dick Francis and his wife. She did not want to be acknowledged. When she died he grieved deeply and then took up writing again, I believe with his son.

[@corabaum6181]

@@BCSoHappy n.,

[@jackiemarini3203]

👍👍👍👍🎭

[@catherinedavis1690]

AMEN!! If I want a bedroom scene I’ll do it myself without an audience, I’ll certainly get more pleasure out of it. lol.

[@clarajones7646]

Catherine, I agree with every word you said..............

[@smc9060]

A wonderful book!

[@TootsRrhir]

Loved it. And vg narration.

[@billcaunter9000]

Brilliant thankyou

[@billcaunter9000]

😅thankyou ❤

[@christopherbagley300]

In the Canadian system there is no "legal inquest" (as in the UK). In BC the Medical Examiner makes a private adjudication of the cause of any "unusual" death. Only atypicaly will this "verdict" be communicated to third parties, and press rarely comment on 'suicides'.

[@janettedewar6617]

Brilliant. Thanks

[@christopherbagley300]

As a Canadian, I have to tell the reader that our "races" are almost always those with a sulky (two wheeled cart) on which the jockey sits, steering a horse who trots, but does not run. Great fun, but not like the British racing Dick Francis had in mind.

[@judyhandel4961]

Horse hockey!!! Some of the finest flat racing Thoroughbreds in the world are bred and raced right here in Canada.

[@judithconnors7619]

Great story. Wonderful narrator, my favorite. But, oh my lord! Trust me, the expression "eh?" is NOT used by many Canadians. It is commonly only used as a joke; it sprung from a comedy Canadian TV program. I am Canadian.

[@juliehope6487]

More more more please

[@helencook5414]

Clever ❤❤

[@ickleshouse]

why are there not more by him on youtube, seams to be loads by his son ?

[@cawiltu]

You will find lots of them on your liberty’s app. There is a few days wait for some of them.

[@Loruca]

Parisian TV, you said, "If you like these audio books, you can donate to me so that I have more motivation to upload more books." Do you own the rights to these books? If so, you deserve monetary support. I'll wait for your answer.

[@Loruca]

How interesting. I made this comment a month ago and have received no answer to my question. I can only assume, therefore, that this is a pirate's channel, and that they are trying to make money off of somebody else's intellectual property. This piracy goes on all the time, of course, with all the talking books that proliferate here on KZbin, but the way this person is asking for donations takes the piracy to a whole new level. One thing I've noticed about Dick Francis's uploads: his estate is usually fairly vigilant in shutting down the channels that don't have the right to upload or otherwise broadcast his books. I thought I would check up on this channel to see if it's still in existence, and it surprised me to see that it is. One of these days the Francis Police will discover this channel and it will be all over, so everybody listen as much as you can, but don't donate to this guy.

[@AB-nr8cu]

Crikey Ruth, you must have a lot of time on your hands. You could also try reporting your neighbours for not recycling if you need something else to do 👀

[@Loruca]

@@AB-nr8cu I'd consider donating if it's legit. It's two months now. I've spent all of this time, sitting with this comment open on my laptop, waiting, waiting, waiting. I only get up to eat and pee, and even then, it's a close call. It's too bad, really, because my neighbours' recycling has piled up so badly, and I haven't been able to do anything about it, but I really do believe in choosing my battles.

[@nbach2202]

Where did books by Simon Brett disappear?

[@judithmcinnes1264]

The YT users that posted them has had their accounts closed, usually with this message: "This account has been terminated because we received multiple third-party claims of copyright infringement regarding material the user posted."

[@juliecrouch2395]

Exactly! Missed those.

[@suecollins3246]

@@judithmcinnes1264 Yes - I was listening to them on Gene McLain's channel. I was listening to one and went off to make lunch or some such. Came back and the whole channel had been taken down. _Bugger_ !

[@suecollins3246]

@@judithmcinnes1264 I believe so - not only did the books that Gene McLain posted vanish but Gene and his account were closed down too.

[@RonLoftusOnBandcamp]

Finding An Edge horse racing by Ron Loftus is available on Amazon

[@YingTou1]

Fine reader. Who?

[@984francis]

Bloody Good.

[@petawells4091]

Good yarn

[@suecollins3246]

@@petawells4091 Always! Dick Francis never wrote a bum story in his life.

[@laureenmagee7357]

dick francis was also a jockey. he knows of what he writes.

[@rogerevans8081]

"Winny-peg"!

[@jonvelde5730]

Yrs, that pronunciation is oddly jarring.

[@BCSoHappy]

Does anyone know what the ending music is?

[@sueannsears8418]

Love dick francis books, not so much his son's felix..my favorite book is "decider"

[@madamedefarge7266]

Excellent narration of one of Francis' best novels. Beware, though, of a passage detailing extreme cruelty to animals (at about 8h 48m). Francis, perhaps wanting shock value, or perhaps at the advice of his publisher, seems to have traded sex for torture-killing of pets.

[@suecollins3246]

It's not graphic. There's another of his novels which is worse. And cruelty to animals, even in the racing industry, is nothing new.

[@stormstanford2405]

it's from about 8.40 - to 8.46. It's a technical description of a cruel act. Not nice but very important for the plot.

[@tasst2674]

What happened to all the Df audiobooks on YT? I was listening to Banker one day and the next it and all the other DF audiobooks were gone. Glad to find this one. Thanks!

[@amherst88]

Someone is very proactive about finding the postings as copyright violations and sites that post them get taken down pretty quickly -- if you come across them listen soon!

[@judithmcinnes1264]

Yes, that's the third clearout in a year of Df books - and I find it curious that they don't clear the ones by Felix at the same time...

[@psalc7445]

@@judithmcinnes1264 Shhhh....

[@dianeodify]

​@@judithmcinnes1264 Perhaps I'm being unfair but I can't help thinking that, as Dick's heir, Felix himself is the 'cleaner-out' and is depriving us of his father's books from pettiness and desire to subsume Dick's reputation to Felix' own name. The mere possibility leaves me unwilling to ever read or hear Felix' books in future.

[@judithmcinnes1264]

@@dianeodify you could be right. I haven't read any of Felix's efforts, as my sister says they aren't to the same standard. Our library service is very slowly acquiring DF books as downloadable audiobooks, so I shall have to be patient. It's an interesting legal question - I have all the DF books in hard copy format, so I consider that I have paid my dues to know the story. But I suspect that publishers would argue that by creating audiobooks they had "added value" by having them narrated, and thus they feel it's morally right that I pay again. As I have had an accident and can no longer read hard copy books, I will be relying more on libraries, and YT to help me re-visit books I have on my shelves.

[@3maisons]

No Canadian can listen to this book without shuddering every time Tony Britton calls the railroad V.I.A. (vee eye aye) instead of VIA (vee uh).

[@patbowman9959]

Tony Britton, narrator.

[@rallyburnzsimracing8571]

2:12:46

[@jackymarcel4108]

Garcia Cynthia Martinez Jennifer Gonzalez Paul

[@rallyburnzsimracing8571]

8:40:59

[@rallyburnzsimracing8571]

56:54

[@rubenshirinian3882]

Hounyuu

[@BryinWillis-e8g]

Lap

[@1958pobs]

I cannot stand the eh at the end of every sentence, eh……totally spoiled it for me.

[@suecollins3246]

That was _one_ particular character. And Dick Francis explains it.

[@daviddoxtater6749]

A horrible writer. Wrote stupid stuff like "not before time" with no context at all. A statement equal to discussing pancake mix and someone suddenly shouting "but fish hate water".

[@magnusqwerty]

3:46:00