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The Bank

By: Bentley Little
Narrated by: John Pirhalla
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Summary

"We know who you are! Can your current bank say that? We pride ourselves on providing unparalleled service to all of our customers. We're looking forward to banking with you!"

In the small town of Montgomery, Arizona, Kyle Decker's book shop is barely breaking even. When a bank opens in the empty storefront next door, he hopes the new establishment will bring in more foot traffic. Trouble is, nobody has ever heard of the First People's Bank, and the local branch has appeared mysteriously overnight.

Their incentives for new customers seem reasonable...at first. But is it a coincidence when Kyle's wife has her identity stolen and his son receives emails that seem to know his private thoughts? Or when the manager of a competing financial institution dies a gruesome death?

Soon, if people in Montgomery, Arizona, want to buy a new car or home or if they need a small business loan, they have no choice but to work with the First People's Bank. As the bank makes increasingly bizarre demands on its customers, it becomes clear the town may be in too deep...and the penalty for an early withdrawal is too terrifying to imagine.

With his latest original novel, Bentley Little's dark, razor-sharp satire takes on the worst practices of our banking industry, and you'll never look at your loan officer the same way again.

©2019 Bentley Little (P)2020 Journalstone
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Little is on form with this deliciously satirical view of the banking industry.

Ask any diehard fan of Bentley Littles audiobooks and I’m sure they’d agree that the prospect of listening to one narrated by someone other than David Stifel is enough to leave them gibbering in a corner somewhere. However Pirhallas delivery of The Bank is certainly one to experience.
Pirhalla cleanly delivers a variety of accents to the characters allowing the listener to immerse themselves in the story with ease, while the clever use of editing techniques within bring a deeper sense of realism to the delivery.*
*Eg. Changing the audio quality to replicate a phone call etc.

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Loved it!

Yeah, similar to other BL stories but, since I love BL stories, I wasn’t disappointed.

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couldn't put it down

Unique story, enjoyable to listen to and a good choice if you are a fan of authors like Stephen King.
Well read recording too.

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Really enjoyed it

Fantastic narration, easy to understand and follow. I really enjoy Bentley Little stories, he really does draw you into the characters and story extremely well. The John Pirhalla narration is very very good.

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A twisted examination of another social institution as seen through the eyes of Bentley Little

The Bank is another enjoyable story, well narrated, of an institution out of control. A cross between The Store and The Policy,

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Meh

Love Bentley Little books. This however, was my least favourite. It was long and slow, no real story other than the bank being sinister. Wouldn't bother getting it He has way better novels so perhaps pass this one by.

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No surprises, but not a bad listen

If like me you have listened to The Store or The Consultant then The Bank will hold no surprises.
The Bank is a good listen but I found the ending a disappointment, as I did with the books mentioned.
Bentley Little books are good but, there is a familiar story line running through a few of them.
His endings are always an anti climax, the only time I have not been too disappointed is when I listened to The Haunted.
Still, he has brought out a few books now and I hope his story endings will get better, fingers crossed.

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