Sean Penn to narrate the Audiobook of Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume One

NEW YORK (Simon & Schuster/ www.simonsays.com) - Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn will read the audiobook version of Bob Dylan's CHRONICLES: Volume One (6 hours on 4 cassettes and 5 CDs), to be published by Simon & Schuster Audio on October 12th, 2004. The book and audiobook comprise the first in a series of the singer-songwriter's self-penned personal histories, with this volume being comprised of first-person narratives focusing on significant periods in Dylan's life and career.

Commenting on the forthcoming audiobook, Chris Lynch, Executive Vice President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Audio said, "When we were thinking of actors to read the Bob Dylan audiobook, the first name on our list was Sean Penn. We knew he would be perfect for the material, and we are absolutely thrilled that an actor of his caliber will be reading CHRONICLES."
This is the first audiobook that Sean Penn has ever narrated.

Note: The audiobook jacket for CHRONICLES will have a Sixties New York street scene on the front and a rarely seen portrait on the back from Dylan's early days in New York (jpeg files are attached).

Bob Dylan's Chronicles: Volume 1
Read by Sean Penn
Cassette: 6 hours on 4 cassettes / ISBN: 0743543084 / $26.00
CD: 6 hours on 5 CDs / ISBN: 0743543092 / $29.95
Simultaneous with the Simon & Schuster hardcover