Bystander
Mike Steeves
"I have never been faced with a moral crisis, let alone a matter of life or death."
Peter Simons doesn’t spend much time at home in his apartment. Thanks to his job at a multinational company, he is often flying around the world, enjoying a life of luxurious solitude in five-star hotels. So when he returns after being away for nine months and notices a strange smell coming from his neighbour’s apartment, he initially tries not to get involved, but when a body is discovered, Peter’s carefully cultivated detachment begins to crumble. And when new people move into the vacant apartment, he gets caught up in a petty dispute that will bring him to the brink of moral ruin.
Bystander is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the reader to examine what it means to be a good neighbour.
Author - Mike Steeves.
Narrator - Greg Campbell.
Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Location:
United States
Description:
"I have never been faced with a moral crisis, let alone a matter of life or death." Peter Simons doesn’t spend much time at home in his apartment. Thanks to his job at a multinational company, he is often flying around the world, enjoying a life of luxurious solitude in five-star hotels. So when he returns after being away for nine months and notices a strange smell coming from his neighbour’s apartment, he initially tries not to get involved, but when a body is discovered, Peter’s carefully cultivated detachment begins to crumble. And when new people move into the vacant apartment, he gets caught up in a petty dispute that will bring him to the brink of moral ruin. Bystander is a pitiless, bold work of intense psychological realism narrated by a professionally successful but socially bankrupt anti-hero who expects global connection and local anonymity. It excoriates the contingency of contemporary morality, and, at a time of growing isolation, forces the reader to examine what it means to be a good neighbour. Author - Mike Steeves. Narrator - Greg Campbell. Published Date - Monday, 15 January 2024.
Language:
English
Chapter 1
Duration:00:00:28
Chapter 2
Duration:00:52:27
Chapter 3
Duration:00:53:01
Chapter 4
Duration:01:13:46
Chapter 5
Duration:01:09:00
Chapter 6
Duration:00:54:24
Chapter 7
Duration:00:51:41
Chapter 8
Duration:00:49:39
Chapter 9
Duration:00:00:19
Chapter 10
Duration:00:00:37