Publisher Description
Whatever this is, it started when Nicholas Slopen came back from the dead.
In a locked ward of a notorious psychiatric hospital sits a man who insists that he is Dr. Nicholas Slopen, failed husband and impoverished Samuel Johnson scholar. Slopen has been dead for months, yet nothing can make this man change his story. What begins as a tale of apparent forgery involving unknown letters by the great Dr. Johnson grows to encompass a conspiracy between a Silicon Valley mogul and his Russian allies to exploit the darkest secret of Soviet technology: the Malevin Procedure.
With echoes of Jorge Luis Borges and Philip K. Dick, Marcel Theroux's Strange Bodies takes the listener on a dizzying speculative journey that poses questions about identity, authenticity, and what it means to be truly human.
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A thought-provoking and engaging fusion of comedy and horror, irony and insight.
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Publishers Weekly Starred Review
About Marcel Theroux
Marcel Theroux is a British American novelist and broadcaster who studied English literature at Cambridge University and international relations at Yale University. He is the author of several novels, including Far North, which was a finalist for the National Book Award and the Arthur C. Clarke Award. He is the son of novelist Paul Theroux and brother of journalist Louis Theroux.
About the Narrators
Gildart Jackson’s acting credits span the stage and screen. He is most often recognized for his roles as Gideon on Charmed and Simon Prentiss on General Hospital. He has also starred in numerous television shows, including CSI and Vegas, and he played the lead in the highly acclaimed independent feature film You, directed by his wife, Melora Hardin.
Veida Dehmlow,
a classically trained actress in England, has dozens of stage credits to her name.
She has appeared in London’s West End, national tours, and many regional
repertory theaters. Her voice work includes commercials, video games, and the
narration of books in a variety of genres, including nonfiction, historical
romance, short stories, and children’s books.