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Desperation

An epic thriller from the No.1 bestseller

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Desperation

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
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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)1996 Simon & Schuster Audio
Horror Suspense Thriller & Suspense Scary Exciting

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Loved every second of this brutal classic. Read it when I was a teenager and it's as powerful now as it was then.
Only problem I had with reading are SK's glottal 'Ls'!. There's a glot of times that gletter is used. Gloved it tho!

Blood soaked joy

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What a fantastic tale. The interwoven spiritual theme intertwined with the violence that unfolds is absolutely brilliant. It makes you shudder but unable to resist the next passage.

Just a gentle road trip!!?

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I love King! He always takes me with him and I never fail to understand.

Awesome!!!

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Steven king doing what he does best, Americana and horror. I can feel a sequel coming on!

top class

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Was a bit of. A slow start but then really picks up to be so interesting -

Love love love

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