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    Lots of Laughs!
    Lots of Laughs!
    Lots of Laughs!
    Audiobook3 hours

    Lots of Laughs!

    Written by Nicholson Baker, John Updike, David Schickler and

    Narrated by Thomas Gibson, Charles Keating, Christina Pickles and

    4.5/5

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    About this audiobook

    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.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSymphony Space Audio
    Release dateApr 1, 2005
    ISBN9781467663496
    Lots of Laughs!
    Author

    Nicholson Baker

    Nicholson Baker is the author of nine novels and four works of nonfiction, including Double Fold, which won a National Book Critics Circle Award, and House of Holes, a New York Times Notable Book of the Year. His work has appeared in The New Yorker, Harper’s, and The New York Review of Books. He lives in Maine with his family.

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