Regular price: $5.95

Membership details Membership details
  • A 30-day trial plus your first audiobook, free.
  • 1 credit/month after trial – good for any book, any price.
  • Easy exchanges – swap any book you don’t love.
  • Keep your audiobooks, even if you cancel.
  • After your trial, Audible is just $14.95/month.
Buy Now for $5.95
Select or Add a new payment method

Buy Now with 1 Credit

By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Buy Now for $5.95

Pay using card ending in
Switch payment method
By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Add to Library for $0.00

By confirming your purchase, you agree to Audible's Conditions of Use and Amazon's Privacy Notice. Taxes where applicable.

Publisher's Summary

There are seven articles in the April 10, 2006 issue:COMMENT
"Alien Nation" by John Cassidy: The debate about immigration.ANNALS OF CULTURE
"The Soundtrack of Your Life" by David Owen: How Muzak makes you buy. SHOUTS & MURMURS
"Nostalgia" by George Saunders: When you start to know you're old. REFLECTIONS
"The Understudy" by David Sedaris: A babysitter's brief reign of terror.BOOKS

"Here's Why" by Malcolm Gladwell: A sociologist offers an anatomy of explanations.

"Drawn to Gypsies" by John Updike: Six years in the South of France.ON TELEVISION
"Splitsville, U.S.A." by Nancy Franklin: Julia Louis-Dreyfus finds the fun in divorce, and Sons & Daughters.
Want to listen to more of The New Yorker? Audible invites you to:

  • Subscribe for one month or 12 months.
  • Get the latest issue.
  • Check out the complete archive.

    Also, listen to audio from The New Yorker Festival readings and panel discussions, recorded live in New York City.

    • (P) and ©2006 The New Yorker
    Show More Show Less
    Audible.com Reviews
    No Reviews are Available