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Margie has been very much enjoying the Anansi Boys<\/a><\/em> audio discs that Stan loaned us. I am disappointed to learn that there is not an audio book version Gaiman and Pratchett’s Good Omens<\/a><\/em>, even though it’s back out in hardcover. Poo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Margie has been very much enjoying the Anansi Boys audio discs that Stan loaned us. 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