A Face in the Crowd

By: Stephen King, Stewart O'Nan

Narrated by: Craig Wasson

Length: 1 hr and 19 mins

Publisher's summary

The writing team that delivered the bestselling Faithful, about the 2004 Red Sox championship season, takes listeners to the ballpark again, and to a world beyond.

Dean Evers, an elderly widower, sits in front of the television with nothing better to do than waste his leftover evenings watching baseball. It’s Rays/Mariners, and David Price is breezing through the line-up. Suddenly, in a seat a few rows up beyond the batter, Evers sees the face of someone from decades past, someone who shouldn’t be at the ballgame, shouldn’t be on the planet. And so begins a parade of people from Evers’s past, all of them occupying that seat behind home plate. Until one day Dean Evers sees someone even eerier….

©2012 Stephen King and Stewart Nan (P)2012 Simon & Schuster Audio

Excellent story, excellent narration!

it was an engaging story. As with all truly engaging stories, it was over far too soon. The narration was top-notch!

Perfect Match

After listening all of Stephen King's books that have ever been published, I am still excited to read another title from SK, even if its just a very short story. As a SK's follower, the constant reader knows that King have a passion for baseball.

I even read the "Faithful", about the Red Sox winning in 2004. It's not a surprise that he would write a story on the game, but what is surprising, that he had a co author for "A Face in the Crowd." Maybe because Stewart O'Nan was a co author of the "Faithful" also.

It is a perfect match between the two authors because they are both die hard into baseball.

Nevertheless, SK's novels and his novellas never gets old.

Unless you are a huge Red Sox fan, skip "Faithful: Two Diehard Boston Red Sox Fans Chronicle the Historic 2004 Season", because its a baseball diary between Stephen King and his friends.

As for "A Face in the Crowd", its a classic writing, short and demented.

King as sole writer is better

The spotting of the third person in the crowd was a 'tell' for me. Mr. Wasson was great and the story was OK. I would not discourage any King fan from this story because there is a message here.

Short but Sweet

Interesting concept. If you're looking for w good scare, it's not here. Eerie at best, but overall a good well written story worth the $5. Give it a listen.

SK hits it outta the park with this short story!;)

the narrator was great, too! idk why some ppl in the reviews had trouble with the meaning? it's a no-brainer. well, for most anyway.
now, moving on to more listening happiness with more Stephen King!
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A good listen

A nice little listen to help pass the time.
Classic King. I always love to find a new King story that I've never read and this was a good find.

Love Anything Stephen King

Good story. Performance was great. Love the way Stephen King write stories. Listening to his stories seem to occupy a part of my brain that is reserved for living in an alternate world😊

It's not that long!!!

The good thing is it's only an hour and 19 min. You can't get a whole lot into a short book like this. Dean is a old man his wife has passed and the only thing he has to look forward to is dinner and his baseball. When Dean starts seeing people from his past in the crowd he has something else to look forward to now,did I mention their dead. All the people he knows have died along time ago.So check it out its only an hour..

its not even worth $4.99!!

What disappointed you about A Face in the Crowd?

it was only an hour and 4 chapters!! really--this was really considered a book?? it was a short story!!

Any additional comments?

NO

Nothing to see here

To me this was a boring story. I love a good short story with a twist, but the"twist" here was predictable. And the language was unnecessary and ridiculous. The only thing good about this was Craig Wasson.