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  • By: Stephen King
  • Narrated by: Stephen King
  • Length: 21 hrs and 15 mins
  • 4.2 out of 5 stars (194 ratings)

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Desperation

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
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Publisher's Summary

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

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Enjoyed but wished it was read by another talent

I really enjoyed the story in this book but really wished it was performed by someone other than King. So many hours of his nasal, non expressive tone would have been exhausting were in not for the great story. With all of the highly talented audiobook readers available I have no idea why he would have read it himself

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a great story which would benefit from a re-record

I think I've been spoilt by Frank Muller, George Guidall and Steve Weber. I love your writing Mr King, but please for the love of all that is, stop trying to do Texas accents and leave it to the professionals 😀 xoxo

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Ok 👍

Interesting story. King makes a crack that sometimes writers need to have a little fu which I think it was what he did here. Interested to see how The Regulators compares.

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Desperation By Stephen King

I enjoyed this book Remind me to never visit Desperation
I want to thank Mr King As I really love having his read to me it's like I'm with you why you write Desperation. Thank you for that experiance

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the best

There's nothing better than having Stephen King reading you a bedtime story . The story comes alive.

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disturbing and unforgettable

I finished this book in record time, the characters are very well thought out and the story has no slow parts

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classic Stephen King.

in the tradition of The Stand and The Shining. The story grabs in the first Chapter and hangs on right through the ride to the very end . Kings characters are painted in there by a master artist and once again featured a young boy. He does children so well like The Body (Stand by me), The Tower series and The Shining. Loved every minute of this audio book, and was impressed by Mr kings reading of his own story. not just a great writer, but also a great campfire story - teller. I recommend you listen to the audio book for the complete Stephen King experience.

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Great listen

I read this book years ago, but Stephen narrated it awesomely. Next Stephen King book queued and ready to go

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Excellent listen

Enjoyed the story and the narration. My first King book and a good choice for a road trip

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A good story

😂 the first review I saw complained of SK’s monotone performance causing him to want to slit his wrists 🤣
My husband finds his voice annoying lol
I guess I hear them, however, a lifetime of loving the writer as well as enjoying him in many cameos in his movies bestows me with a unconditional love. Like a mother I forgive him of all things, from less than a not so top of the line tome, to his sometimes surprising and silly political comments (I don’t care which side you are on, ALL those politicians are criminal psychopaths.
So go on you brilliant storyteller! I love to listen to your stories read by you 💜

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