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Desperation

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
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Welcome to Desperation.

Once a thriving copper-mining town in the middle of the Nevada desert, Desperation is now eerily abandoned. It's the last place that travellers like the Carver family, bound for vacation, and writer Johnny Marinville, astride his Harley, would expect to be stopped and charged. But Desperation still has a local cop - a unique regulator who patrols the wilderness highway.

The secrets buried in Desperation are as terrifying as the forces summoned to encounter them. A terrifying transformation is taking place, and the travellers will soon discover the true meaning of desperation....

©1996 Stephen King (P)2016 Simon & Schuster Audio Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Nevada Exciting

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a dream or should I say nightmare !!...told by
the man himself .The gory ,supernatural and shocking storyline chills you with unexpected twists and turns.what a delight

a rare treat up to his usual excellent standard

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Stephen King is a literary genius. Having him read the story adds 100% authenticity so it’s read exactly as intended.Thank you Stephen!

Utterly fantastic!!

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Body-horror and existentialism in perfect harmony. A King classic read by the man himself 💃🏻😍

Such a classic!!

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This was so much better as it was read by the master himself. Great to hear one of his stories comes alive through his own voice - literally!

Stephen King at his best!

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Not if the usual Stephen King standard — cannot say I liked any the characters — I did not really care about the outcome — I just wished that it finished in under an hour.

Bore fest

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Loved every second of this brutal classic. Read it when I was a teenager and it's as powerful now as it was then.
Only problem I had with reading are SK's glottal 'Ls'!. There's a glot of times that gletter is used. Gloved it tho!

Blood soaked joy

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Another book banger by the King of words. Long live the King! Desperation is intense. Wow.

Another banger by the book master

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Good story, made even better with Stephen reading it. Story builds and ends well. Just enough hanging to leave an opening for a sequel!

Great to hear the story told by the author

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I found the opening a little bit depressing. But from then on fantastic. Shame it ended.

Takes you right in

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I've long been a fan of Stephen King and was looking forward to this. Unfortunately, Desperation is not one of his best. The second half drags and parts are not very clear.

The narration by Stephen King himself, however, is excellent as ever.

Not one of King's best

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