Desperation

By: Stephen King

Narrated by: Stephen King

"The terror is relentless" (Publishers Weekly) in Stephen King's number-one national best seller about a little mining town, Desperation, that many will enter on their way to somewhere else. But getting out is not easy as it would seem....

Located off a desolate stretch of Interstate 50, Desperation, Nevada, has few connections with the rest of the world. It is a place, though, where the seams between worlds are thin. And it is a place where several travelers are abducted by Collie Entragian, the maniacal police officer of Desperation. Entragian uses various ploys for the abductions, from an arrest for drug possession to "rescuing" a family from a nonexistent gunman. There's something very wrong here, all right, and Entragian is only the surface of it.

The secrets embedded in Desperation's landscape and the evil that infects the town like some viral hot zone are both awesome and terrifying. But as one of the travelers, young David Carver, seems to know - though it scares him nearly to death to realize it - so are the forces summoned to combat them.

©1996 Stephen King. All rights reserved. (P)1996 Simon & Schuster, Inc.

Critic reviews

"Stephen King's knack for turning the stray junk of pop culture into sick, darkly engrossing thrills has rarely been this much in evidence as in Desperation." ( Salon)

You know that old saying about a man representing himself has a fool for a client?

For the most part, I believe it works the same way when authors narrate their own books.
Can't Stephen King just do what he does best? Does he not hear himself?
Don't get me wrong, I LOVE his books and own many of them; and have even tried a few times to get through, what I know would have been a great audiobook, if he simply didn't do his own narration. I can't decide if he sounds nasally or monotone. But either way it's too distracting to get into the groove of the story. Because of that I must yet again return another of his books. What a shame.

Outstanding!!! Love Stephen King

Excellent King Novel!, I loved this book, huge bonus to have King narrate! I definitely will look for more books narrated by King, what better way to listen to the story the way the author hears it in his head. Awesome!!! I highly recommend this book to all Stephen King fans!

One of my favorites!

it's been years since I read this story. it was a great honor to hear Stephen King himself read it.

lots of action

love it when King reads his own work. all the accents are as intended, or at least close, and events are treated as the author intended. great story.

Horrible Puns aside, this book was really great.

I loved this book a LOT, it's just got this shine to it... (get it?)

tour-de-fource

A spiritual tour-de-force making a case for a loving God with a young child leading the way!

Desperation

Very depressing in a good kind of way....lol. TAC TAC CANDI LAH TAC AH TEN

WOW!

wonderfully disturbing, but remarkably.......Ok. come on folks, it's King, you got to read( listen ) to believe. GREAT.

One of the best King books

I stumbled upon this because I liked a few of his other books and I am glad I did

I love Stephen King

I read this as a teenager. It was a great read but was even better to hear my favorite author read it to me!