Length5h 34m
About this audiobook
What if people could no longer judge one another from a safe distance?
In *Ragus & Nobody: The Exchange*, a mysterious machine forces enemies, strangers and institutions to experience life inside the bodies they have misunderstood, controlled or condemned. Across eighteen Poetic Cinema investigations, police officers enter the fear of the people they pursue, doctors feel the patients they dismiss, soldiers meet the families beneath their targets, and politicians confront the human cost of the enemies they create.
Ragus—SUGAR spelled backward—travels through appetite, fear, pleasure and manufactured relief. Nobody investigates the systems that make responsibility disappear.
Darkly humorous, cinematic and deeply human, *The Exchange* explores race, war, medicine, addiction, family, religion, technology, justice and politics. It does not declare everyone innocent or every side equal. It removes the protection of distance and asks one unsettling question:
Audiobook details
GenreMystery and Thriller
Length5 hrs 34 mins
Narrated byListen with 1,000+ voices
FormateBook with Audio
Publish dateOct 16, 2026
LanguageEnglish
Table of contents
1A Note on Fiction, Satire & the Body
2Publisher’s Statement
3A Letter to the Reader
4What Is Poetic Cinema?
5The Ragus & Nobody Investigation
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6Recurring Cast
7How to Read—or Listen—to This Book
8Story One: The First Exchange
9Story Two: The Body Does Not Speak English
10Story Three: Before the Ships Arrived
11Story Four: The Plantation Inside the Candy
12Story Five: The Soldier and the Target
13Story Six: The Chemist and the Customer
14Story Seven: The Dealer and the Doctor
15Story Eight: The Officer and the Corner
16Story Nine: The House That Learned to Flinch Part 1
17Story Nine: The House That Learned to Flinch Part 2
18Story Ten: The Champion and the Cage Part 1
19Story Ten: The Champion and the Cage Part 2
20Story Eleven: The Girl and the Algorithm Part 1
21Story Eleven: The Girl and the Algorithm Part 2
22Story Twelve: The Woman and the Diagnosis Part 1
23Story Twelve: The Woman and the Diagnosis Part 2
24Story Thirteen: The Boy and the Rule of Manhood Part 1
25Story Thirteen: The Boy and the Rule of Manhood Part 2
26Story Fourteen: The Marriage and the Commandment Part 1
27Story Fourteen: The Marriage and the Commandment Part 2
28Story Fifteen: The Judge and the Sentence Part 1
29Story Fifteen: The Judge and the Sentence Part 2
30Story Sixteen: The Woman Who Became Difficult Part 1
31Story Sixteen: The Woman Who Became Difficult Part 2
32Story Seventeen: The Word the Body Could Not Say Part 1
33Story Seventeen: The Word the Body Could Not Say Part 2
34Story Eighteen: The Candidate and the Crowd Part 1
35Story Eighteen: The Candidate and the Crowd Part 2
36After the Exchange
37Findings of the Investigation
38Questions for Readers, Classrooms & Book Clubs
39A Small Poetic Cinema Glossary
40About the Ragus & Nobody Series
41About Poetic Cinema
42About Vernon Snell
43Acknowledgments
44Final Frame
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