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The Twenty-Seventh Man

A Short Story from For the Relief of Unbearable Urges

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The Twenty-Seventh Man

By: Nathan Englander
Narrated by: Paul Michael
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In this short story from Nathan Englander's collection For the Relief of Unbearable Urges, a clerical error lands earnest, unpublished Pinchas Pelovits in prison with 26 other writers.

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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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