Sean Penn’s Narration of Pappy Pariah’s Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff Now Available at Audible
October 18 2016 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
New Recording is Free to Download, Only at
Audible
Audible Studios, a production arm of Audible.com, today
announced the release of actor, director and writer Sean Penn’s
audio interpretation of Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff. As imagined by
Pappy Pariah and voiced by Penn, this depiction of America on the
verge of political upheaval is by turns comedic and absurd, and is
ultimately a haunting allegory for our times. This audiobook
recording, which also includes cameo performances by Frances
McDormand, Ari Fliakos and Leila George, is now available for free
download at audible.com/bobhoney.
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Cover for Bob Honey Who Just Do Stuff,
written by Pappy Pariah and narrated by Sean Penn, available
exclusively from Audible. (Photo: Business Wire)
Pappy Pariah is a reclusive, dazzling literary talent making his
debut with this distinctive and playful tale.
"When I stumbled upon Mr. Pariah’s story, I developed an instant
connection with it and knew that I wanted to share it with as many
people as I could,” said two-time Academy Award-winning Penn, whose
film credits include Mystic River, Milk, and Dead Man Walking. “I
hope that my reading of it gives fair voice to an author whose work
deserves widespread recognition.”
“On the big screen, Sean Penn has played a wide range of
characters – including the heroic, quirky and scary. In the role of
Bob Honey, he showcases all of these characters in one man, using
only his voice,” said Audible EVP and Publisher Beth Anderson.
“We’re pleased to give the growing population of Audible listeners
the opportunity to hear him perform this one-of-a-kind
novella.”
In addition to Penn, among the acclaimed performers who have
narrated works of literature for Audible are Maggie Gyllenhaal,
Lily Collins, Emma Thompson, James Franco, and Jesse Eisenberg. In
2013, Audible Studios won its first Grammy Award, for its
production of Janis Ian’s memoir Society’s Child, and also won the
Audie Award for Audiobook of the Year, for Colin Firth’s
performance of Graham Greene’s The End of the Affair.
Audible, the world’s largest seller and producer of downloadable
audiobooks and other spoken-word content, invented and
commercialized the first digital audio player in 1997, and has
since been at the forefront of the explosively growing audiobook
download segment. Audible members downloaded an average of more
than 17 books over the course of the year. More than half of new
Audible members are first-time audiobook buyers.
ABOUT AUDIBLE, INC.
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to enhance and enrich their lives every day. Audible was created to
unleash the emotive music in language and the habituating power and
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Store.
Praise for Pappy Pariah’s Bob Honey Who Just
Do Stuff, performed by Sean Penn
Available free on Audible at
audible.com/BobHoney
“Not since Vonnegut have I had this feeling, but after
reading this brief, almost literally up-to-the-minute fever dream
of a novel I found myself haunted, almost hounded, into reading it
again. Or maybe I’m just seeing Donald Trump everywhere
these days. Also, I love gorgeous sentences, and this has many of
those.” Bill Maher
“Bob Honey is the absurd embodiment of the high octane
American entrepreneur turned global menace. Everything he
does in the name of personal success is wrong minded. He is
brethren to Terry Southern’s Guy Grand and William S. Burroughs’
Dr. Benway. Honey is a full-bore gladiator for profit whose
eyes tell lies and he doesn’t care.” – Douglas Brinkley, author,
Professor of History, Rice University
“I met Pappy Pariah on a dirt airfield outside Aleppo in
2012. He claimed he operated a fixed-wing shuttle outfit in
Istanbul and that he’d taken a wrong turn. From what I’ve
seen, he should not only be restricted from piloting his own
aircraft, but added to several nations’ NO-FLY lists. He’s
been everything he shouldn’t have been. Some say he’s the
Zelig-like barstool philosopher for this f---ed up age. If
so, the prognosis is dire.” – Michael Weiss, author ISIS:
Inside the Army of Terror
“…I assume it’s an allegory…not sure of WHAT!” – Jon
Stewart
“Stunning poetic runs, crazy and chaotic. It’s a Clockwork
Orange world on Adderall. When I finished it, I immediately hugged
my dog” – Art Linson, film producer, author, What Just
Happened
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