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Thinner

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
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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.

©1996 Stephen King (P)1996 Penguin Audio USA Horror Scary
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great story I loved it and the narrator was perfect highly recommend this great story

Classic Stephan King

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An odd story, even for SK, but nonetheless enjoyed it all the way through.
The narration is awesome, highly recommend

Fat Tony kills it as a narrator!

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Classic Stephen King, capturing your mind as you are listening. Very well read too! You will be wanting more…

Another excellent story from the Master!

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a audio book that I had to listen to asap i wanted to get to the end....Loved it

Thinner will keep you hooked....

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This was a cracking read from start to finish. Great story, great narration but the chapter end/start music was bad and completely unnecessary. It's a small price to pay though for another brilliant Stephen King story. Loved the reference to himself in it too.

Great story Great narration Bad sound track

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I could not put this down. I had seen the movie years ago but this was so much better. Definitely give it a listen!

Brilliant

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I try to keep audiobooks as something to listen to while driving or falling asleep. Nope not this one, couldn't stop. Joe Mantegna is so much fun to listen to, too.
10/10 would compulsively listen to again.

Could not stop

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Great story, fascinating charters, fantastic narration. Brilliant ending. Overall 10/10 for me.
Absolutely loved it!!!!

As sweet as raspberry pie

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Love the story but couldn’t listen to this again.. I wish Audible would re record

The dreadful noise someone thought would make this a good listen. A brilliant story ruined

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This story was not my favourite of King’s but it was okay. What really rubbed me the wrong way was the Narration. The narrator sounds exactly like Fat Tony from the Simpsons, and idk if he just hates women or something but even when women characters are mad he reads the as whining spineless crybabies.

Weird Narration

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