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Firestarter

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Dennis Boutsikaris
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Summary

"You're a firestarter honey.... just one big zippo lighter." A year ago, he was an upstanding instructor of English at Harrison State College. Now Andy is on the run with his daughter, a pigtailed girl named Charlie. A girl with an unimaginably terrifying gift. A gift which could be useful to corrupt authorities. Soon Charlie will be caught up in the menace of a fateful drug experiment and a sinister government ploy….

Let the listener beware: Firestarter is Stephen King at his most mesmerising…. and menacing.

©1980 Stephen King (P)2010 Penguin Audiobooks

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"One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep." ( Sunday Express)

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bad narrator

did not like the narrator but put up with the voice cos I had read the book 40 years ago

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Perfectly fine and scratches that King itch

It’s not one of King’s best books, but there’s enough here to keep you interested. The reading is perfectly serviceable.

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Fab

This was one of the very first SK books I read 34 years ago. Forgot how good it was. Well narrated, full of twists and turns.

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Great

This is a great book. The narrator reads well and helps to bring the story to life. It gets exciting in parts and overall is an interesting concept for a novel. It didn't grab me as quickly as some of his novels do, but we'll with reading.

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can't believe I missed this one for so many years

loved it and suggest going in not knowing what it's about or anything. epic story and for king I found it quite fast paced

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Loved it

Absolutely loved this. Narrator and story both very very good. Not my fav Stephen King but certainly in my top 10

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Download bad

Lots of blank spots in the recording especially around when a new chapter stars have had this happen to a few books now audible you need to sort this glitch out as it really is fffffing annoying .
Great book, story and the narrator is decent well worth it .
Audible please sort out the downloads

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The author delivers another good one

Having already seen the film I knew the story and was prepared to enjoy it. I wasn't disappointed.

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Firestarter

I had this book in my audio library months before starting it, I don't know why but I just didn't think I would enjoy it, however the story was different to the one I'd envisaged and little by little I started to get more involved so that I was cheering near the end when Charlie vented her anger at The Shop. The narration was superb with none of that annoying music that seems to be on so many of SK`s audible books

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Stephen King at his absolute best

Stephen King at his absolute best
A wonderful supernatual tragic thrill a minute horror yarn.

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