

Fatherhood, and Other Stories
Author: Thomas H. Cook
Narrator: Fred Sullivan
Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/01/2013
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories
Author: Thomas H. Cook
Narrator: Fred Sullivan
Unabridged: 4 hr 50 min
Format: Digital Audiobook Download
Publisher: Blackstone Publishing
Published: 05/01/2013
Categories: Fiction, Short Stories
Thomas H. Cook was born in Fort Payne, Alabama, in 1947. He has been nominated for the Edgar Award seven times in five different categories. He received the best novel Edgar for The Chatham School Affair, the Martin Beck Award, the Herodotus Prize for best historical short story, and the Barry Award for best novel for Red Leaves, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.
Fred Sullivan is an actor and an AudioFile Earphones Award-winning narrator. He has played over one hundred roles as an award-winning resident actor at Trinity Repertory Company in Providence, Rhode Island. He is resident director at Gamm Theatre and teaches acting at the Rhode Island School of Design.
He took my hand, and we began walking toward our car. The clouds to the east gathered behind us, gray and dense and invulnerable like the mysteries of God.Our responses to short stories are incredibly subjective and polarizing, judging from other reviewers' reactions here. I'm not a fan of the short......more
A little unsure at the start, but enjoyed the stories more and more further on. Characters driven by conflicting factors; tend to represent darker sides of a city, town, society. Language is sparse, bleak like your typical hard-boiled detective frame, but the plot and setting had good range and some......more
Short stories; as you'd expect. Mostly dark. Some surprising. Some very coarse language.......more
I have enjoyed several of Cook's novels, so I was surprised at how average I found this collection of his short stories to be. "Rain," about the variety of human interactions which are "witnessed" by the rain, is the standout: "The rain sees the fickle web of chance meetings, the grid of untimely in......more
“Thomas Cook has long been one of my favorite writers.” Harlan Coben, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“All of the stories are filled with misunderstandings, misdirections, and misplaced resentments. Cook is a master yarn spinner brimming with imagination. Probably won’t make you smile, but it will certainly grab and hold your attention.” Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“Thomas Cook writes like a wounded angel.” Peter Straub, #1 New York Times bestselling author
“Thomas Cook’s night visions, seen through a lens darkly, are haunting.” New York Times Book Review
“Cook is one of the most suspenseful of crime-fiction writers.” Cleveland Plain Dealer