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Duma Key

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: John Slattery
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Publisher's summary

Winner of the 2009 Audie Award for Fiction

A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else:

"Edgar, does anything make you happy?"
"I used to sketch."
"Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night."

Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating.

The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory, and the nature of the supernatural: Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.

©2008 Stephen King (P)2008 Simon and Schuster, Inc.

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A Stephen King gateway listen
"Stephen King's Duma Key was my gateway listen; the first audiobook that had me jonesing to get back and press play. Sure, some themes, at first mention, may sound recognizable to the regular King fan, but there's an energy and connection to the material that feels totally fresh; especially as King—who famously suffered his own near-death accident years prior—explores the relationship between healing and creativity. John Slattery (the magnetic Mad Men actor) absolutely nails the tone here, capturing the desperation and volatility of Freemantle’s fragile mind, while also making him a kind of matter-of-fact everyman who quickly becomes a stand-in for your lifelong friend. And when your friend is up against supernatural terror, how can you not listen?"
Doug P., Audible Editor

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One of the best

I have read most of the books he had written. I also have recently been enjoying audible books. Duma Key is in my experience one of the best ever. I was nervous and scared and disturbed. I don't often feel all those things in one story.

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A standout reading of one of King's best

Duma Key is one of my all time favorites from Stephen King's incredible body of work, and King couldn't have a better reader to transmute the unique voice of the book's narrator & his best compadre Wireman than John Slattery. A++

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Top 5

I really enjoyed the story, which has made it into my top five favorite Stephen King books. Plus, this narrator is my new favorite.

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performance was amazing

the story is long but i was hooked and drawn in. Slattery's narration cannot be missed - one of the best I've ever heard!

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Excellant !!!!

I loved this book !!!! Excellant Characters and great story !!!! ♡♡♡♡♡♡♡♡ You will love it !!!!

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I loved Stephen King for ever. This not disappoint

Loved it. Not a disappointment. Loved his books since middle school. Can't wait for next.

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Ooh the suspense!

Love the suspense, the story and the performance (s)! We really thought there was more than one person performing! Bravo!

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One of King's best

This book is one of the best King has ever written. Not one of the most popular, but certainly one of the most true. One can feel King creating the world that contains Duma Key as he wrote.

Narration was very good - it didn't draw too much attention to itself and expressed the story well.

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Amazing but Too Quiet

loved it but I'm guessing the producer recorded it at 60% volume... you all know what I mean, I had to rewind alot just hear what was said.

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Great Stephen King novel as usual

I enjoyed the story. It starts out really slow and seems repetitive and almost got me to shut it off but I waited it out and then the storyline took off. Great Stephen King way of writing. Intense but yet quirky. Long book but worth the time. Narrator was great.

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