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    A Joy Ride
    A Joy Ride
    A Joy Ride
    Audiobook18 minutes

    A Joy Ride

    Written by A. J. Alan

    Narrated by Cathy Dobson

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    About this audiobook

    A. J. Alan was the pseudonym of Leslie Harrison Lambert (1883-1941), an English magician, intelligence officer, short story writer, and radio broadcaster. He was hugely popular in the '20s and '30s for his radio broadcasts, when he performed his own humorous and often macabre short stories, which he always delivered wearing full evening dress.A Joy Ride is one of A. J. Alan's most amusing stories and has a classic twist at the end.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRed Door Consulting
    Release dateSep 15, 2014
    ISBN9781467695343
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