Faithful Audiobook Free Download
“Faithful isn’t just about the Red Sox. It’s also about family, friendship, and what it truly means to be a baseball fan and to be—well, faithful, come hell or high water” (The Boston Globe).
Background
Faithful Audiobook is a book co-written by Stephen King and Stewart O’Nan. It chronicles exchanges between King and O’Nan about the Red Sox’s 2004 season, beginning with an e-mail in summer 2003, and throughout the 2004 season, from Spring Training to the World Series. They would sit together at Fenway.
They would exchange emails. They would write about the games. And, as it happened, they would witness the greatest comeback ever in sports, and the first Red Sox championship in eighty-six years.
Audiobook Review
On the surface, this is an audiobook for Red Sox fans. I am not a Red Sox fan. I grew up a Phillies fan, and am the son of a Cubs fan, so I don’t need to be preached to about baseball futility. However, the little details of what it means to be a baseball fan are what makes this book so readable. So underneath all the Red Sox rooting, there is a very nice book about being a fan, of a team and the game.
If you don’t have a working knowledge of baseball, let this book slide. The authors don’t try to explain the game, rather they explain what the game means to them. Parent and child moments at the ballpark, desperately tuning AM radio stations to catch a score, and perhaps even turning your cap inside out when it’s really, really, needed.
Those little details help make this book a great addition to any baseball lover’s library. And, if you are a Sox fan, go ahead and revel in a perfect season captured in print.
About the Author
Stewart O’Nan’s award-winning fiction includes Snow Angels, A Prayer for the Dying, Last Night at the Lobster, and Emily, Alone. His most recent novel, The Odds, was hailed by The Boston Globe as “a gorgeous fable, a stunning meditation and a hope-filled Valentine.” Granta named him one of America’s Best Young Novelists. He was born and raised and lives in Pittsburgh.
Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King) and the Bill Hodges trilogy, End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and an AT&T Audience Network original television series). His epic works The Dark Tower and It are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest grossing horror film of all time.
Download and Listen Free!
Stephen King – Faithful is now available in audible format, mp3 is almost 4 hours long, yet the narration by Jeffrey DeMunn is so enticing that you get hooked instantly.
By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Campbell Scott
Length: 4 hours 0 minutes
