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The Dark Half

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The Dark Half

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Grover Gardner
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Summary
 Creating George Stark was easy. Getting rid of him won't be . . .

The sparrows are flying again. The idea - unbidden, inexplicable - haunts the edge of Thad Beaumont's mind.

Thad should be happy. For years now it is his secret persona 'George Stark', author of super-violent pulp thrillers, who has paid the family bills. But now, Thad is writing seriously again under his own name, and his menacing pseudonym has been buried forever.

And yet . . . the sparrows are flying again, and something is terribly wrong in Thad Beaumont's world.

(P) 2010 Penguin Audio©1989 Stephen King Crime Thrillers Horror Psychological Thriller & Suspense Scary Suspense Exciting Fiction
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I’m an unusual Stephen King fan in that I love his work (I’ve read about 40 or so titles) but I will always call him out if a book is bad (Lisey’s Story I’m looking at you).

But this book is Stephen King as the world originally fell in love with him. Great characters, great plot/story and this one gets pretty damn dark in places.

I loved this story and would recommend it to anyone. It was also helped by a great narrator which is hugely important to me.

This is King in top form

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Realty enjoyed this story not one of his best works but definitely worth a listen/read.

Wonderfully told

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Enjoyable but for me, not Mr King's best.
I enjoyed hearing about some of the characters from Needful Things again but the overall story didn't quite grab me as some of his other works.

Not bad but not his best

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The psychopathic alter ego of a famous author comes alive and terrorises his creator, in a bid to force him to keep writing ultra-violent - and ultra-successful - novels under his pseudonym. Thad Beaumont wants to write ‘straight’ novels and turn his back on the pulp fiction produced under his nom de plume of George Stark. But Stark has other ideas. The Dark Half was Stephen King’s response to his outing in real life as Richard Bachman - the pseudonym he used for some of his own novels. It’s a terrifying ride from the start, darkly compelling and highly listenable, with excellent narration.

Altered ego

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An excellent SK novel brilliantly narrated (the same man who did The Stand.. Also recommended if you haven't listened yet). Really enjoyed this!

A well told dark and chilling tale

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