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Brief Encounters with Che Guevara: Stories Audiobook
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The well-meaning protagonists of Brief Encounters with Che Guevara are caught—to both disastrous and hilarious effect—in the maelstrom of political and social upheaval surrounding them. Ben Fountain's prize-winning debut speaks to the intimate connection between the foreign, the familiar, and the inescapably human.
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“In this first collection the author brings the virtuosity of Greene and le Carre to tales of foreign adventures.”
— Boston Globe
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“Lively work, with much to detest and much to enjoy.”
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“An impressive and entertaining book of short stories.”
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“An exceptional story collection.”
— New York Times Book Review
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Winner of the PEN/Ernest Hemingway Foundation Award in 2007
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About Ben Fountain
Ben Fountain’s work has received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction, the PEN/Hemingway Award, the Los Angeles Book Prize for Fiction, and a Whiting Writers Award, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and runner-up for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize.
About Christian Baskous
Christian Baskous is an AudioFile Earphones Award–winning narrator. His theatrical credits include numerous roles in the New York Shakespeare Festival, Circle in the Square, the Kennedy Center, and Theater for the New City, as well as other regional theaters. His film and television work includes appearances in Glory, Brighton Beach Memoirs, Law & Order, Swan’s Crossing, and Swift Justice.