Secret Window, Secret Garden: Two Past Midnight (Four Past Midnight) [AUDIOBOOK] [UNABRIDGED] (Audio Cassette)

~ (Author), James Woods (Reader)

Editorial Reviews

From Publishers Weekly

When first confronted by John Shooter, famous novelist Mort Rainey sees him as nothing more than an avid, albeit slightly eccentric, fan. However, Shooter's accusation of plagiarism and his overbearing attitude of malevolence send Rainey scattering to prove his innocence. As Rainey's evidence disappears, his sanity and safety go along with it, and soon he is approaching a reckoning with the determined Shooter. Besides a few audible page turns, James Woods offers a compelling reading, eliciting the stress and anxiety building up in Rainey as he comes unraveled. There's a slightly whiny pitch to Woods's voice that also makes him a good match for Rainey. This 1991 recording (of a novella taken from King's Four Past Midnight) is making its belated debut on CD after 17 years, and throughout it has the recognizable light background hiss of an older recording.
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Product Description

Past midnight, something happens to time, that fragile concept we use to order our sense of reality. It bends, stretches, turns back, or snaps, and sometimes reality snaps with it. And what happens to the wide-eyed observer when the window between reality and unreality shatters? This chilling story, part two of Stephen King's bestselling Four Past Midnight, provides some shocking answers....

Secret Window, Secret Garden draws the listener into the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shores of Tashmore Lake. Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger.

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Product Details

• Audio Cassette
• Publisher: Highbridge Audio; Unabridged edition (February 1, 1991)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0453007465
• ISBN-13: 978-0453007467
• Product Dimensions: 7.3 x 4.5 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 10.7 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #1,411,542 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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10 of 10 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Secret Window, Secret Garden, March 8, 2004

By A Customer

Wow this story scared the crap out of me. Stephen King certainly knows what words to use to scare someone. The story was amazing and the ending was suprisng. To tell you the truth I didn't like one of the characters, the ex wife. Thought she was a pain. But this story was totally worth the money. If you are unsure try to find it at your local library, but if your into scary stories then you should buy it. Well thats it I hope everyone gives it a chance because this story is great!! :)

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A book that is fit for a "KING", May 12, 1997

By A Customer

Great book I couldn't put it down. I read alot of books and this is one of the best I've read yet. I gave all my friends a copy and they all agreed with me that this is a great book

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars One of a kind!, May 14, 2007

By	Patrick Jannsen "BOOKHUNTER" (Kenya) - See all my reviews

The Kite Runner i smy pefect contemporary writing style i love. Khaled El Housini presents an educational and eye-opening to a place we never knew anuthing about called Afghanistan through heartbreaking struggles and emotional characters.

I was attached to Amir, the privileged son of a wealthy businessman in Kabul. Curious about Hassan, the son of Amir's father's servant. Fascinated by the art of running kites and telling stories of mystical places. Hooked to the book after the Taliban interference and the change of events.

Plot's and turns and twists are amazing ( but somehow a little overdone and fabricated like in The Human Effect by Akmal Shebl, I guess that is a trend of Eastern writers )
Hosseini has created characters that seem so real that you will not forget the charcters and you will read again if you have time.

It's a book different to my usual dark taste for novels, but i discovered that it is not, because the horrors that happened in Afghanistan prove it is a one of a kind novel.

Coudl have been a 5 if not the matter of the unbelievable twists and turns. Still that is my humble view of a great work of literature.

Reviewed by PJ