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Narrated by:
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Joe Mantegna
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By:
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Stephen King
About this listen
The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King.
'Thinner' - the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek.
Billy Halleck, prosperous if overweight citizen, happily married, shuddered then turned angrily away. The old woman's death had been none of his fault. The courts had cleared him. She'd just stumbled in front of his car. Now he simply wanted to forget the whole messy business.
Later, when the scales told him he was losing weight, it was what the doctor ordered. His wife was pleased - as she should have been. But....
'Thinner' - the word, the old man's curse, has lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, comes violence.
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- Phill Jacob Rogers
- 23-06-24
The musical interludes let it down.
It’s a good story and well read. My criticism is the aged musical interludes between chapters which grate on the ear and are unnecessary.
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- CherryPie62
- 19-01-23
Intriguing
Sometimes Stephen King stories are overly descriptive which can make them difficult to follow.
I loved this. The tale was so straightforward - somebody did something wrong and revenge was taken.
Joe Mantegna is a great narrator but I couldn't get Fat Tony out of my head.
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- miss s mackie
- 18-05-22
Great narrator
I love the narration of this book and the story but the music is absolutely ridiculous, not needed and frankly exceptionally irritating!
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- Ian Worcester
- 15-08-22
Very good
King ( Bachman ) at his best for me, complimented by great narration.
Definitely one of my favourites.
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- JJMimms
- 30-05-24
One of King's easier reads, but very entertaining.
If you are looking for the Stephen King style, without the extensive description, this is it, incredibly easy to follow and even easier to invest in. Narration is fantastic, however, the incessant 'eerie' music added to certain moment gets somewhat tiresome after about chapter 2. Regardless of this, very much still worth the time.
A very good short listen. If you were looking to get started on some Stephen King titles and the length of others is what phased you, you couldn't really ask for a better place to start.
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- Emily
- 11-04-21
One of his best
I love a good pessimistic ending so this worked really well for me.
I loved the narrator but it was difficult to ignore the fact that it is the voice actor of the Simpsons' Fat Tony. All I could hear was Fat Tony in some bits. Amazing though!
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- Zendango
- 16-07-22
Loved it!
Perfect voice for the story. It isn't lost on me that Joe is in the film version! Will be listening to it again!
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- Pedro
- 02-01-23
Loved it
A thrilling story from start to finish, topped up by an amazing narration. Couldn’t put this one down until I finished.
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- Jake Rodger
- 10-05-24
Great Ending to an Decent Book - REMIX THE AUDIO THO!!!
A good read/listen but nothing spectacular. I felt like I was telling myself I liked this book more than I really did, it’s not bad but just find myself zoning out and it didn’t have much anticipation until the end
The mafia friend was a great character but felt it went on a bit long even considering it’s short length
Someone desperately needs to remix and remaster this audio as the sound is quite muffled and the music is waaayy to loud when he’s speaking.
Chapters need looked over as they start and end at strange times and I don’t think it’s on purpose.
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- c__watson_
- 17-03-20
It's not meant to be a musical.
Narration was great, gravelly mobster. The story itself... also great. But why the cheesy music?
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