Lots of Laughs!

by Nicholson Baker, John Updike, David Schickler, Etgar Keret, Leonard Michaels

Genres: Anthologies

Synopsis

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.