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    A Touch of Magic
    A Touch of Magic
    A Touch of Magic
    Audiobook2 hours

    A Touch of Magic

    Written by Andrew Lam, Aimee Bender, Donald Barthelme and

    Narrated by James Naughton, Anthony Rapp, Bernadette Quigley and

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    About this audiobook

    By turns funny, moving, romantic and surreal, and filled with unexpected twists and turns, each of the tales on this lineup has a magical element.



    • Andrew Lam's "The Palmist", performed by James Naughton. A chance encounter on a bus between a fortune-teller and a teenage boy.
    • W. W. Jacobs' "The Monkey's Paw", performed by John Lithgow. A wonderful ghost story about a trinket with terrible powers.
    • Saki's "The Occasional Garden", performed by Daniel Gerroll. If you can't grow a garden; poof! - you can rent one.
    • Donald Barthelme's "The Balloon", performed by Maria Tucci. There's something suddenly in the sky in midtown Manhattan....
    • Kevin Brockmeier's "The Year of Silence", performed by Anthony Rapp. What if everything went quiet?
    • Jonathan Safran Foer's "The Sixth Borough", performed by Jerry Zaks. Yes, New York had a Sixth Borough, but it drifted away....
    • Aimee Bender's "Drunken Mimi", performed by Bernadette Quigley. A romance between a mermaid and an imp.
    • Haruki Murakami's "The Little Green Monster", performed by Dana Ivey. A piece of Murakami magic: Is this a monster I see before me?
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherSymphony Space
    Release dateOct 1, 2009
    ISBN9781467663571
    A Touch of Magic

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