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The 40-Litre Monkey

Episode 2 of 5

A simple pet shop purchase leads to a strange encounter with a shop owner committed to growing super-sized animals. Read by Carl Prekopp.

A simple pet shop purchase leads to a strange encounter with a shop owner committed to growing super-sized animals.

A selection of stories from Adam Marek's dark, often quirky collections read by Carl Prekopp.

Adam Marek is the award-winning writer of two short story collections - Instruction Manual For Swallowing and The Stone Thrower. He won the 2011 Arts Foundation Short Story Fellowship, and was shortlisted for the inaugural Sunday Times EFG Short Story Award. His stories have appeared in many magazines, including Prospect and The Sunday Times Magazine, and in many anthologies including Lemistry and Biopunk and The Best British Short Stories 2011.

Made for Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 Extra by Sweet Talk Productions.

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Tue 21 Mar 2017 21:00
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