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Blockade Billy
by Stephen King
An enjoyable non-horror-ish novella from Stephen King.
King is a baseball nut, but he doesn't bog down the story in too much baseball detail. If you aren't into the sport, you might feel a little disinterested, but, as usual, King drops enough juicy tidbits to keep you reading. And, as usual, King drops enough vulgar colloquialisms to keep you laughing throughout. You feel like you're really listening to an old baseball codger in a rest home eager to talk to somebody about something, anything, as long as he doesn't have to join the virtual bowling group.
I listened to this as an in-between-books book. It was short, light and fun. Craig Wasson is a great reader, although I felt his voice sounded a little too young for the character who was narrating. But it's a minor quibble. He does a terrific job otherwise.
I did not listen to the other story in this edition, 'Morality', as I had read it when it was originally published in Esquire. I didn't like it as much then and so was ready to move on to my next audio book.
King is a baseball nut, but he doesn't bog down the story in too much baseball detail. If you aren't into the sport, you might feel a little disinterested, but, as usual, King drops enough juicy tidbits to keep you reading. And, as usual, King drops enough vulgar colloquialisms to keep you laughing throughout. You feel like you're really listening to an old baseball codger in a rest home eager to talk to somebody about something, anything, as long as he doesn't have to join the virtual bowling group.
I listened to this as an in-between-books book. It was short, light and fun. Craig Wasson is a great reader, although I felt his voice sounded a little too young for the character who was narrating. But it's a minor quibble. He does a terrific job otherwise.
I did not listen to the other story in this edition, 'Morality', as I had read it when it was originally published in Esquire. I didn't like it as much then and so was ready to move on to my next audio book.