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Narrator Auditions for Murder by Munchausen Audio Book

If you think this narrator is a good fit for Murder by Munchausen, please either like this post or the clip on SoundCloud. Comments welcome — especially if you’ve read the book.

Thanks much.

 

 

The Zombies – Time of the Season

It’s the time of the season
When love runs high
In this time, give it to me easy
And let me try with pleasured hands

(To take you in the sun to) Promised lands
(To show you every one)
It’s the time of the season for loving

What’s your name? (What’s your name?)
Who’s your daddy? (Who’s your daddy?)
(He rich) Is he rich like me?
Has he taken (Has he taken)
Any time (Any time)
(To show) To show you what you need to live?

(Tell it to me slowly) Tell you what
(I really want to know)
It’s the time of the season for loving

What’s your name? (What’s your name?)
Who’s your daddy? (Who’s your daddy?)
(He rich) Is he rich like me?
Has he taken (Has he taken)
Any time (Any time)
(To show) To show you what you need to live?

(Tell it to me slowly) Tell you what
(I really want to know)
It’s the time of the season for loving

Clear and Present Dangers……Philip Roth

“Everybody else is working to change, persuade, tempt and control them. The best readers come to fiction to be free of all that noise.” 

― Philip Roth

Clear and Present Dangers……Richard Condon

“The human comedy begins with a vertical smile.”

— Richard Condon

The Analects of Mudcat: Tyranny

“Tyranny is an existential necessity for those with a corrupt and crumbling worldview.”

~M.T. Bass***

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Clear and Present Dangers……Lawrence Sanders

“If I felt any better I’d be unconscious.” 

― Lawrence Sanders

Book Review: Chaos Monkeys – Obscene Fortune and Random Failure in Silicon Valley

This is a book of two tales.  The first one, the adventure of a Silicon Valley entrepreneur-buccaneer’s no-holds-barred battle to survive and cash out, was  fascinating.   The second, about life as a Facebook corporate drone…not so much.  The Zuckerberg brand of palace intrigue is, really, not so unique and special in the annals of American Corporate Manifest Destiny. I have to say, though, that the author’s Afterward—an update written after Antonio’s “departure” from Facebook and the original publication of Chaos Monkeys—is a great essay on current events involving the social media giant.  (4 of 5 stars for the first half; 3 of 5 stars for the second half; 5 of 5 stars for the update)

Link to A Man with One of Those Faces on Amazon

Quincy Jones – Clark Terry “Moanin’ “