Billy Summers
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Narrateur(s):
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Paul Sparks
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Auteur(s):
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Stephen King
À propos de cet audio
The number one New York Times Best seller
An Esquire Best Book of the Year
A Wall Street Journal Favorite Book of the Year
A Goodreads Choice Awards Finalist
From legendary storyteller Stephen King, whose “restless imagination is a power that cannot be contained” (The New York Times Book Review), comes a thrilling new novel about a good guy in a bad job.
Billy Summers is a man in a room with a gun. He’s a killer for hire and the best in the business. But he’ll do the job only if the target is a truly bad guy. And now Billy wants out. But first there is one last hit. Billy is among the best snipers in the world, a decorated Iraq war vet, a Houdini when it comes to vanishing after the job is done. So what could possibly go wrong?
How about everything.
This spectacular can’t-pause novel is part war story, part love letter to small town America and the people who live there, and it features one of the most compelling and surprising duos in King fiction, who set out to avenge the crimes of an extraordinarily evil man. It’s about love, luck, fate, and a complex hero with one last shot at redemption.
You won’t put this story down, and you won’t forget Billy.
©2021 Stephen King. All rights reserved. (P)2021 Simon & Schuster, Inc. All rights reserved.Ce que les auditeurs disent de Billy Summers
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Au global5 out of 5 stars
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Histoire5 out of 5 stars
- Russell Pangborn
- 2021-12-31
Genre switch hits it out of the park
Writing successful horror, supernatural or science fiction stories has defined the career of Mr. King. To write a crime novel without those elements coming into play elevates this author to the top echelon of a different popular category. There are so many entertaining and pleasurable layers to this story about a hired killer. The book within a book, the zig zag to a rescue and rehabilitation of a victim of sexual violence, the final justice to a powerful shadowy figure and several unexpected twists and turns that do not seem forced. For me this book stands beside the best of some of my favorite authors for this genre - Michal Connelly and Joe Nesbo. I remember once misinterpreting an advertisement for the police procedural master. Michael Connelly. A blurb for his book, The Late Shift made a reference to vampires. I was bowled over that this author had changed his stripes and was writing a supernatural book. Turned out that reference was not supposed to be taken literally - it was just detectives solving crimes during the night hours.
It is interesting to see some of the reviews that go against how I experienced this book. One reviewer told Stephen King to stick to horror. I don't know if Michael Connelly could write an entertaining nuanced vampire novel, but I do know Stephen can knock it out of the park changing genres. There are also several reviews that dump on the narrator. I found the relaxed delivery and different voices to be top notch. Some people don't like pauses. For me, the best speeches use pauses for effect. I was transported to another world by the synergy supplied by the author and narrator. There is one narrator that can ruin a book for me - everything sounds like an emergency. I steer clear of books by that person. Fortunately, I like this narrator. He can hit all the emotions at a relaxed pace.
I have listened to three Stephen King books. 11.22.63 was a masterpiece, Under the Dome was interesting but bloated and too long and this book. In my opinion, Billy Summers is worth your attention. I loved it.
This is my first review on the Canadian site. I have about 95 reviews with a few thousand helpful votes on the U.S. site. I scanned those reviews and there are many reviews bashing the book. These reviews indicate the book is too political, it is anti Trump etc. There is scant reference to Trump and no political diatribes. These people are just reacting to Stephen's courageous real life stand against Trump politics. I wanted to add my perspective for this review to the site - it is a good book and has hardly anything to do with politics. But, I was informed - you have to first buy the book to review it. The way some of those hit job reviews were written, I'm convinced they did not read the book. But, they must have bought it. So who wins, I think Stephen does because their hatred is so intense, they have to buy the book first before they can bash the book.
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- Iciclequeen91
- 2021-08-09
Great listen
The only con to the book is that the chapters didn’t match up at all.
Happy listening
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- Tammy
- 2021-08-24
My 1st Novel by Stephen King
I’ve watched movies, but never read his books. Loved it. I felt it was occurring right in front of me.
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- Doreen
- 2021-12-09
Not Your Typical Stephen King
Loved it! Not a horror story! Non stop action, surprise twists, touching characters, expert integration of past memories and current plot line. A great listen!
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- Stuart B.
- 2021-09-22
Amazing
This may be my favorite SK book ever. The story had me from start to finish, and the narration was fantastic.
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- Ann Capstick
- 2021-08-22
Best book ever
I loved loved and triple loved this book.Steven king was always my favourite writer so needless to say I was not disappointed.it’s well worth the money and I’m sad it’s finished
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- Amazon Customer
- 2021-09-05
No disappointment here!
SK hit it out of the park again. The story line was great, the characters were liked and very interesting. I couldn’t keep the book down.
Paul Sparks did an amazing job narrating. I highly recommend this as your next read.
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- Neil
- 2021-11-22
More of this please
King proves again he is brilliant in any genre not just horror. I would love to see this as a series, great book!
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- Ian S.
- 2022-04-21
Great Story, Amazing Narration!
I absolutely loved this! Paul Sparks brought this to life with expert narration. Must listen! What a great book!
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- Heather
- 2022-09-29
Love this story
I can & have listened to this story over and over again it is great 👍 there is good in all people cause we are all human and have a choice
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