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Thinner

from No. 1 bestseller Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman

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Thinner

By: Richard Bachman, Stephen King
Narrated by: Joe Mantegna
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 '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.

(P) 2011 Penguin Audio USA©1996 Stephen King Genre Fiction Horror Metaphysical & Visionary Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-Ins Thriller & Suspense Scary

Critic Reviews

An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading
Astonishingly good...honourable, deeply felt and almost wonderful
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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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