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The Stars' Tennis Balls

By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change for ever.

Things are going to get very bad indeed for innocent young Ned. A promise made to a dying teacher and a spiteful trick played by fellow pupils will rocket Ned from cricket captain to solitary confinement, from head boy to hell. When Ned emerges he is a man bent on just one thing - revenge; and revenge is a dish he plans to savour and serve to those who conspired against him.

Part love story, part thriller, a gloriously rich mix that only Stephen Fry can dish up to us, The Stars' Tennis Balls will leave you happy and replete.

©2000 Stephen Fry (P)2000 Random House Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense Fiction Scary Funny Sports Suspense
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He freely admits he heavily borrows from another famous book but to my mind this modernisation is superior in every respect except being too short!

Fantastic!

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What made the experience of listening to The Stars' Tennis Balls the most enjoyable?

The narration was excellent but the plot line not as strong as the Hippopotamus

What does Stephen Fry bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you had only read the book?

Nuanced reading

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This was an excellent and enjoyable read, a good storyline. Usual Fry excellence.

Enjoyable but not riveting

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Fantastic story, with a true antihero ending. Darkly funny in places. Well worth a listen.

Dark and disturbing but gripping

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The worst part about this story was it's length - I would've preferred it to be a bit longer! I really like Stephen Fry so it was great to get the double pleasure of him narrating a book that he wrote. It wasn't quite the happy ending I imagined from the description but that's better than predictability, I suppose. I would definitely recommend it!

Written and Narrated by SF - fabulous!

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That Fry has only written half a handful of novels is a tragedy of our time. Pure genius.

Beautiful story, wonderfully written and fabulously narrated.

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