description: Joseph Love, Dad (21 min) The chronicle of a brief life – in which are included the unpublished letters from his father, found among the effects of “Catch-22's” Edward Nately, killed on a bombing mission in December, 1944. Heller drew on his experiences in the Air Force during World War II for his best-known work, Catch-22 (1962) a black comedy. The title has entered the language as a phrase defining a circular trap. LOVE, DAD, by Joseph Heller, originally appeared in Playboy Magazine (December, 1969) ©1969 Playboy. Nadine A Journey (31 min) My imagination took these were the lives I invented. Gordimer is a South African writer of novels and short stories. She was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1991. Her most recent novel, None to Accompany Me, is available from Brilliance Audio. A JOURNEY, by Nadine Gordimer, originally appeared in Playboy Magazine (June, 1989) ©1989 Playboy. Lawrence The Burglar Who Dropped In On Elvis (32 min) Bernie the burglar, sweetie pie, you're my ticket to Elvis. Block is one of America's favorite mystery writers, and the humorous “The Burglar Who” series is acclaimed as some of his best work. He lives in Manhattan. THE BURGLAR WHO DROPPED IN ON ELVIS, by Lawrence Block, originally appeared in Playboy Magazine (April, 1990) ©1990 Playboy. Robert A Sleep and a Forgetting (47 min) What they have, the kid said, is a machine that lets them talk with the dead. Silverberg is one of the most prolific American writers of science fiction, with well over fifty novels and twenty-five or more collections of short stories to his credit. A SLEEP AND A FORGETTING, by Robert Silverberg, originally appeared in Playboy Magazine (July, 1989) ©1989 Playboy. Paul Santa Claus In the Jungle (51 min) Once there was a white bwana who made love to the beautiful mira and became chief of the tribe – or did the tribe make a slave of him? Theroux is a novelist, short story and travel writer. His more than two dozen books include Riding the Iron Rooster and Mosquito Coast. SANTA CLAUS IN THE JUNGLE, by Paul Theroux, originally appeared in Playboy Magazine (December, 1970) ©1970 Playboy.
language: English
title: Playboy Best of Fiction, v7
titlecomplete: Playboy Best of Fiction, v7 (The Best of Playboy Fiction , Vol 7)
genres: Short Stories, Fiction
ratings_count: 66
publisher: Playboy Audio