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The Best Man's Ghostwriter

Written by: Matthew Starr
Narrated by: Glen Powell, Nicholas Braun, Ashley Park, Lance Bass, D’Arcy Carden, Zach Braff, full cast
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A bad best man’s speech can ruin a wedding. Why do we plan every detail of a perfect day and then give the groom’s idiot best friend five minutes of total power?

Enter Nate (Glen Powell), a speechwriter-for-hire who helps people write incredible best man speeches. To keep the best man from embarrassing himself (and the newlyweds), Nate uses his list of don’ts: Don’t mention the exes, don’t be rated R, and don’t bum everyone out. Nate’s system never fails. That is, until he meets Dan (Nicholas Braun), the dopey, hopelessly awkward best man for the biggest social media influencer’s wedding of the year. On top of that, Nate just got engaged to the woman of his dreams, and now he has to find his own best man–forcing him to confront a brutal friendship breakup with his former best friend.

As Nate helps Dan with his speech, he explores the insane and often idiotic world of male friendship and must come up with an answer to the one question most men never think about: Why is their best friend their best friend?

Featuring an all-star cast including Ashley Park, D’Arcy Carden, Lance Bass, Zach Braff, and more, The Best Man’s Ghostwriter is a laugh-out-loud, heartfelt audio show written and directed by comedian and former real-life best man’s ghostwriter, Matthew Starr.

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Hot Glen Summer for your ears
With the perfect balance of humour and heart, The Best Man's Ghostwriter is a must-listen for anyone who's ever had a best friend – or been part of a wedding party gone haywire. Hollywood heartthrobs Glen Powell and Nicholas Braun have fantastic chemistry (you can absolutely tell that these real-life friends recorded their scenes together), and their performances are elevated by cameos from comedy greats like D’Arcy Carden, Jason Mantzoukas, Jack McBrayer and more. While the premise centres on a disastrous best man speech, there's a heartwarming message about vulnerability amid the hilarious hijinks, and some actually helpful speech-writing tips. Highly recommended for a hefty dose of laughs and unexpected poignancy. Bonus: You can close your eyes and picture Glen Powell in a tuxedo the whole time. — Robyn F., Audible Editor

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LOL funny

Really enjoyed the book. The performances were incredible. The story moved along quickly and was super funny.

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Great cast and sound track!

Enjoyed this a lot! Fun insight, a few twists, new storyline for me, some parts you do need to listen closely to catch what is happening, and an overall fun and enjoyable story

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amazing!

The cast made it felt like I was watching a movie. I got very caught up. I hope audible continues to get more actors to read for them.

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Entertaining

I loved this celebrity narrated book. Very entertaining. It's so fun to be able to listen to a "movie" without having to look at a screen! It's perfect for chores.

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Glen Powell should do more voice acting on audiobooks

I was kind of skeptical at first because of GP face on the cover, but I was immediately drawn in right away and listened to the book in one go. The cast was very charismatic and made me feel i was right there with them.

I hope audible invests more into these performance audiobooks because I don’t have the patience for watching movies or series anymore.

Thanks for making this book part of the Plus collection :)

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Was an entertaining story but I couldn’t look past the cheesiness sometimes. The cast was incredible which made it a very enjoyable listen.

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loved all of the voices

kept you interested the whole time! it was fun the listen to and would recommend as a good in-between listen.

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Great look at male friendships

Balanced being funny with being heartfelt. Great cast and performances of easy to love characters

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Great performances!!

Awesome performances, I really painted a whole movie in my head. Really enjoyed listening to it and didn’t want to end up:)

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a movie in my ears!

I loved this story and the performances were fantastic! I laughed out loud several times. I hope this is made into a series or movie with the exact same cast.

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