Lots of Laughs!

Nicholson Baker · John Updike · David Schickler · Etgar Keret · Leonard Michaels · Neil Gaiman · Ron Carlson

Apr 2005 · Symphony Space · Narrated by Thomas Gibson, Charles Keating, Christina Pickles, David Rakoff, Isaiah Sheffer, John Guare and Laura Esterman

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3 hr 5 min

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Selected Short's most popular volume! Over three hours of stories to tickle your funny bone.

Nicholson Baker's "Subsoil"
performed by Thomas Gibson
A darkly comic thriller about a tractor historian besieged by man-eating potatoes.
David Schickler's "Jamaica"
performed by Isaiah Sheffer
A man with his head stuck between the banisters has no choice but to listen in on his wife's "Gorgon Book Club."
Neil Gaiman's "Chivalry"
performed by Christina Pickles
A delicious tale of an elderly British matron who buys the Holy Grail at a rummage sale.
Leonard Michaels' "Nachman from Los Angeles"
performed by David Rakoff
A wonderfully silly tale of misadventure on a college campus.
Etgar Keret's "Fatso"
performed by John Guare
An offbeat romance with a very comic nightly ritual.

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