Craig Wasson's accents were so so good his impersonations of JFK himself - and a radio commentator i forget the name of now Kronkite maybe - were superb. He even introduces a couple of Derry characters from a previous book - Bevie from the Levey and Ritchie from the Ditchie from 'It' The narration was excellent. The settings are so vividly well drawn as to make you feel that you're returning to a place once lived at. His characters say 'howdy' and instill themselves into your lives. King's love for all things 60's Americana shines through. ( i have since listened to Under the Dome and thanks to these intend to back track and re-find King all over again.) The book? I found it so very good that i sat down to write this, my first ever review. I 'listened' to this and realised that although i was getting on the King bus a stop or two late, the quality of the jouney paid back the price of the ticket. Having spent a great deal of my early adult reading life hungrily devouring everything King produced, i went though a period where i felt that his early raw, powerful prose had became stale in a 'how many words can i use instead of one' kinda way.
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