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The Wig

A Short Story from 'For the Relief of Unbearable Urges'

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The Wig

Written by: Nathan Englander
Narrated by: Susan Denaker
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In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, an aging wigmaker becomes, for a single moment, beautiful.©1999 Nathan Englander (P)2007 Random House Inc. Random House Audio, a division of Random House Inc. Anthologies & Short Stories Literary Fiction Literature & Fiction
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"Englander's voice is distinctly his own: daring, funny and exuberant." (The New York Times)
"Taut, edgy, sharply observed....A revelation of the human condition." (The New York Times Book Review)
"Remarkable art....The author fills each of these pieces with vivid life, with characters that jump off the page." (Newsday)

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