Albert finally has his own Minions... (Patreon)

An illustrator, Nate Wilhelm, was kind enough to translate Albert's manic delusions into cartoon form...and voila....the Root-a-toots are born.

But here's an exclusive tasty audio thing to go with it.  The audiobook from last week, Down and Out in Paris and London, has a prequel of sorts.  Orwell was inspired by Jack London doing something similar before him, becoming a tramp in East London and writing a journalistic account called The People of the Abyss.  There have been a couple audiobook versions available in the U.S., but they are read by very sedate British voices.  It feels like a misfire, because J.L. was from the states and the book is him writing in first-person.  But when I was traveling out of the country, I found a version you can't find or buy here in the U.S. - read by a guy who sounds a lot like a chipper Sam Elliot.  It's much more the voice of Jack London's American-outsider attitude to it all.  Here's a copy of it...

https://drive.google.com/file/d/15qBvRlVi3KmjQbz_sfCaj2CmjNda9poA/view?usp=sharing