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    Holy Cow: A Novel
    Holy Cow: A Novel
    Holy Cow: A Novel
    Audiobook2 hours

    Holy Cow: A Novel

    Written by David Duchovny

    Narrated by David Duchovny

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    About this audiobook

    A rollicking, globe-trotting adventure with a twist: a four-legged heroine you won't soon forget

    Elsie Bovary is a cow, and a pretty happy one at that—her long, lazy days are spent eating, napping, and chatting with her best friend, Mallory. One night, Elsie and Mallory sneak out of their pasture; but while Mallory is interested in flirting with the neighboring bulls, Elsie finds herself drawn to the farmhouse. Through the window, she sees the farmer's family gathered around a bright Box God—and what the Box God reveals about something called an "industrial meat farm" shakes Elsie's understanding of her world to its core.

    There's only one solution: escape to a better, safer world. And so a motley crew is formed: Elsie; Jerry—excuse me, Shalom—a cranky, Torah-reading pig who's recently converted to Judaism; and Tom, a suave (in his own mind, at least) turkey who can't fly, but who can work an iPhone with his beak. Toting stolen passports and slapdash human disguises, they head for the airport.

    Elsie is our wise-cracking, pop-culture-reference-dropping, slyly witty narrator; Tom—who does eventually learn to fly (sort of)—dispenses psychiatric advice in a fake German accent; and Shalom, rejected by his adopted people in Jerusalem, ends up unexpectedly uniting Israelis and Palestinians. David Duchovny's charismatic creatures point the way toward a mutual understanding and acceptance that the world desperately needs.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMacmillan Audio
    Release dateFeb 3, 2015
    ISBN9781427261960
    Holy Cow: A Novel
    Author

    David Duchovny

    David Duchovny is a television, stage, and screen actor, as well as a singer-songwriter, screenwriter, and director. He lives in New York and Los Angeles.

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    • 5/5
      Great simple audiobook that shares a lot of wisdom of the trial and tribulations of living in a big world with chasing a dream. Very much recommend this book.

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    • 5/5
      Hilariously funny and engaging. Should not be missed. Here, all the revelations of time and Creation combine in the personae of an enlightened yet humble cow, a Jewish pig whose unwanted presence in the Holy Land brings peace, and a high-flying turkey, who might just win a pardon… friends include Joe the Camel, the wisdom and unfortunate accent of Sigmund Freud, a hungry wolf, and even a Mohel…
    • 5/5
      Laugh out loud funny, totally ridiculous yet witty. Who knew Mulder could be so funny?
    • 5/5
      Moving. Hilarious. Beautiful. David Duchovny’s narration is just captivating :)
    • 5/5
      Most wonderful & bonkers book you may ever read! It was so funny I read it twice in a row!
    • 5/5
      Awesome book.

      Just a wonderful read that you cannot put down. Funny, different, thought-provoking and I think a future classic.