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'Salem's Lot
- Narrated by: Ron McLarty
- Length: 17 hrs and 36 mins
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'Salem's Lot
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Publisher's Summary
A superb novel set in classic Stephen King territory - a small new England town about to be engulfed by terror.
Turn off the television - in fact, why don't you turn off all the lights except for the one over your favourite chair? - and we'll talk about vampires here in the dim. I think I can make you believe in them.
Stephen King, from the introduction. Salem's Lot is a small New England town with the usual quota of gossips, drinkers, weirdos and respectable folk. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but not more than in any other town its size.
Ben Mears, a moderately successful writer, returns to the Lot to write a novel based on his early years, and to exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood. The event he witnessed in the house now rented by a new resident. A newcomer with a strange allure. A man who causes Ben some unease as things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list starts to grow.
Soon surprise will turn to bewilderment, bewilderment to confusion and finally to terror....
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- Nyree
- 11-11-2015
nail bitting
I thoroughly enjoyed this novel. feeling lost now its ended. best be buying another Stephen King Thriller
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- Kindle Customer
- 20-08-2017
A great peformance on one of King's classic novels
McLarty brings a deep, unsettling tone to this novel about a small town with a dark, supernatural secret. King's second novel, Ben Mears is a writer who returns to his quiet boyhood hometown to finish his next novel. Drawn from Bram Stoker's Dracula, King explores what would happen if Dracula arrived in 1970s America. A classic when published in the mid-1970s fans of the vampire genre will find limitations within the storyline, but overall, King expertly combines the supernatural larger than life terror of the supernatural with the mundane everyday security of a small town. McLarty's performance is fantastic and I would recommend this book to anyone looking to revisit a King classic.
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- Anonymous User
- 26-12-2017
great read
this is a great reading of this super novel. one of my favourites done justice.
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- Andrew
- 09-03-2018
A town brought to life
Stephen King and the narrator both do a fantastic job of bringing Salem’s Lot to life in a story that pulls no punches.
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- Ben
- 20-03-2019
King's take on Stoker's classic
king tranposes dracula into modern 1970's america - though thats nearly 50 years ago now. king loses the romantiscm that made dracula and classic for a more literal story. now we are flooded with vampire mythos' but at the time such stories were more scarce. its quite refreshing to imagine vampires more true to the og dracula. it is only rices' that are perhaps on a par with the original.
king chooses for dracula to remain a monster with no apparent emotions or humanity. it is mortals that are heros. the post script ending tranforms a typical anticlimatic king ending into a finish worthy of the journey. ive made my way through perhaps half of kings catalogue and i would put this somewhere amongst the top third of his works.
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- R.Ashbee
- 12-11-2017
Not One of King's Best
It seems to struggle at points, and it seems to lose its purpose at points. However, despite its flaws, it was entertaining and definitely worth a listen.
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- Hannah Shaw
- 30-01-2022
Pleasantly surprised
I chose this book not knowing it was a vampire story. If I didn’t pay for it, I would have just moved on. I am so glad I didn’t. I’ve also just learned there is a new movie coming out.
The narrator is very talented and brought these characters to life! My favourite Audio book hands down!
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- Anonymous User
- 29-01-2022
amazing as always
King's work is brilliant as always. The smallest details paint a picture of the world he has created, moving and changing with each word. The senses alight, feeling pure emotion, love, fear, disgust, and empathy. Couldn't stop listening to this one.
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- Amazon Customer
- 10-02-2022
Classic King
The way Stephen King builds the world of Salem's Lot, the characters and the suspense is masterful. Highly recommended.
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- David Lantzke
- 25-09-2022
Better than I remember from when I first read it
Forgot how much research Stephen King does to make his fictional works seem like they are non-fiction....he makes the places and characters he introduces come alive somehow. A brilliant tale of horror set in a "dying" small town.
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