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Animals

By: Joe Meno
Narrated by: Brian Holsopple
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A man and his daughter attempt to chase a polar bear out of their small town. McSweeney's is a literary journal based in San Francisco.
©2013 Joe Meno (P)2016 Audible, Inc.

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Uncertain at first

I was uncertain in the first few minutes, but ultimately enjoyed the narration and story. This is a beautifully complex short read. Every sentence was so driven and impactful. I'm a fan of Joe Meno's fiction and am partial to the typically forlorn tone/style.

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Mr Holsopple, don’t do this again please!

A powerful, moving, psychologically complex story. Brian Holsopple’s narration is generally fine. But when the protagonist’s teenage daughter speaks, he uses a voice that is so ridiculous and distracting, so unlike a real human voice, so much resembling a voice in a joke in a comedy routine, that it spoils the story.

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