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Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical (Unabridged)

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5

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3H 28min
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English
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Fantasy

The first love song in the world, as composed by a pig in the Garden of Eden. The Devil, alarmed when his hobby of writing romantic fiction begins to upstage his day job. Hearts kept in Tupperware boxes, small countries that vanish from the European mainland overnight, and a kidnapper who gets more than he bargained for when his victim associates him with George Clooney. It could only be Robert Shearman's 'Love Songs for the Shy and Cynical'. Six stories of the comic and the frightening and the downright weird, taken from his multi-award winning short story collection. Love Among the Lobelias performed by Toby Hadoke Luxembourg performed by Jane Goddard Pang performed by Toby Hadoke George Clooney's Moustache performed by India Fisher Sweet Nothings performed by Jane Goddard One Last Love Song performed by India Fisher WINNER OF THE READERS' AWARD IN THE EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY SHORT STORY COMPETITION!

© 2018 Big Finish Productions, Ltd. (Audiobook): 9781785750786

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Audiobook: 22 May 2018

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