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Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules (Unabridged Selections)

Written by: Edited by David Sedaris
Narrated by: David Sedaris, Mary-Louise Parker, Cherry Jones
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Publisher's Summary

Children Playing Before a Statue of Hercules is a collection of short stories, some classic, others impending, selected and introduced by David Sedaris.

With this audiobook a careful listener can discover the truth about loneliness, betrayal, love, and hope.

"Where the Door is Always Open and the Welcome Mat is Out" by Patricia Highsmith, read by Cherry Jones

"Bullet In the Brain" by Tobias Wolff, read by Toby Wherry

"Gryphon" by Charles Baxter, read by David Sedaris

"In the Cemetery Where Al Jolson Is Buried" by Amy Hempel,read by Mary-Louise Parker

"Cosmopolitan" by Akhil Sharma, read by the author

©2005 826 NYC (P)2005 Patricia Highsmith; 2005 Simon & Schuster, Inc. AUDIOWORKS is an imprint of Simon & Schuster Audio Division, Simon & Schuster, Inc.
"Where the Door Is Always Open and the Welcome Mat is Out" ©

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