East of Croydon cover art

East of Croydon

 Preview
Free with 30-day trial
Prime logo New to Audible Prime Member exclusive:
2 credits with free trial
1 credit a month to use on any title to download and keep
Listen to anything from the Plus Catalogue—thousands of Audible Originals, podcasts and audiobooks
Download titles to your library and listen offline
₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

East of Croydon

Written by: Sue Perkins
Narrated by: Sue Perkins
Free with 30-day trial

₹199 per month after 30-day trial. Cancel anytime.

Buy Now for ₹752.00

Buy Now for ₹752.00

About this listen

Penguin presents the audiobook edition of East of Croydon written and read by Sue Perkins.

A few years ago I was asked if I'd like to make a documentary on the Mekong River, travelling from the vast delta in Vietnam to the remote and snowy peaks of Tibet.

Up until that point, the farthest East I'd been was Torremolinos, in the Costa Del Sol.

Here's the thing:

I am scared of flying.
I have zero practical skills.
I can't survive if I am more than a three minute walk from a supermarket.
For the last seven years I have suffered with crippling anxiety
I bolt when panicked.
I cannot bear to witness humans or animals in distress
I have no ability to learn languages.
I am a terrible hypochondriac

And I am no good with boats.

So I said yes.

©2018 Sue Perkins (P)2018 Penguin Audio Adventure Travel Asia Biographies & Memoirs
All stars
Most relevant
First the positives...the narration is great. It is a great positive that the author is the narrator. they can bring out exactly what they wanted to communicate .
But the content is not too good. Sue meanders and gets all dark and depressing especially towards the second half. the first half is quite good but ...

started great but then meandering and depressing

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.
I had watched Sue’s documentary on television, and had instantly fallen in love with her wit, honesty, vivacity and spontaneity.
This book through Sue’s narration is the best adventure I have listened to this year.
Sue Perkins has no parallel. Is that the reason why I have her picture as my online journal cover?

Cracking performance that!

Something went wrong. Please try again in a few minutes.