Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction (Unabridged) Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction (Unabridged)

Raised in Captivity: Fictional Nonfiction (Unabridged‪)‬

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Publisher Description

Microdoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the best-selling author of But What if We're Wrong?

A man flying first class discovers a puma in the lavatory. A new coach of a small-town Oklahoma high school football team installs an offense comprised of only one, very special, play. A man explains to the police why he told the employee of his local bodega that his colleague looked like the lead singer of Depeche Mode, a statement that may or may not have led in some way to a violent crime. A college professor discusses with his friend his difficulties with the new generation of students. An obscure power pop band wrestles with its new-found fame when its song "Blizzard of Summer" becomes an anthem for white supremacists. A couple considers getting a medical procedure that will transfer the pain of childbirth from the woman to her husband. A woman interviews a hit man about killing her husband but is shocked by the method he proposes. A man is recruited to join a secret government research team investigating why coin flips are no longer exactly 50/50. A man sees a whale struck by lightning, and knows that everything about his life has to change. A lawyer grapples with the unintended side effects of a veterinarian's rabies vaccination. 

Fair warning: Raised in Captivity does not slot into a smooth preexisting groove. If Saul Steinberg and Italo Calvino had adopted a child from a Romanian orphanage and raised him on Gary Larsen and Thomas Bernhard, he would still be nothing like Chuck Klosterman. They might be good company, though. Funny, wise and weird in equal measure, Raised in Captivity bids fair to be one of the most original and exciting story collections in recent memory, a fever graph of our deepest unvoiced hopes, fears and preoccupations. Ceaselessly inventive, hostile to corniness in all its forms, and mean only to the things that really deserve it, it marks a cosmic leap forward for one of our most consistently interesting writers.

Read by Chuck Klosterman, James Urbaniak, Bill Wise, Eddie Huang, Jon Wurster, H. Jon Benjamin, Jon Dolan, Mike Birbiglia, Kurt Loder, John Hodgman, Sloane Crosley, Chris Gethard, Will Brill, Dennis Boutsikaris, Melissa Maerz, Jeremy Bobb, Scott Shepherd, Brent Musburger, and Vincent Kartheiser

GENRE
Fiction
NARRATOR
CK
Chuck Klosterman
LANGUAGE
EN
English
LENGTH
07:11
hr min
RELEASED
2019
July 16
PUBLISHER
Penguin Audio
SIZE
362.1
MB

Customer Reviews

jsharp4684 ,

Really makes you think

It’s like Black Mirror or Twilight Zone stories that really make you think, with a touch of (sometimes dark) humor. Thoroughly enjoyed listening.

Declan1979 ,

Thought provoking

CK as always has his finger on the pulse of the day. These are small little quiet stories that make you think and ponder your preconceived notions of what life is in 2019. Quiet twists and turns, a great summer read. Thank you, Chuck.

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