Sliver

Name: Sliver
Brand: Harper Audio
Availability: InStock
Author: Ira Levin
ISBN: 9780062357779

Author: Ira Levin

Narrator: Simone Lewis

Unabridged: 6 hr 42 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: HarperAudio

Published: 06/24/2014

Categories: Fiction, Occult & Supernatural, Romance, Paranormal

Synopsis

Kay Norris, a successful single woman of thirty-nine, moves into the posh Carnegie Hill district of Manhattan's Upper East Side, into an apartment in a slender high rise, a ""sliver"" building. A man watches her. He watches her unpack, watches her make her bed. He owns the building; a shocking secret is concealed within its brick and concrete. Sliver is a hypnotic story of obsession, suspense, and stunning surprises. It is a novel about ultimate power, and the temptations the use of that power brings. With ice cold precision, Levin, the author of Rosemary's Baby and The Stepford Wives, creates a mesmerizing story that culminates in a scene of electrifying suspense.

About Ira Levin

Novelist and playwright Ira Levin (1929-2007) was a native New Yorker whose books include A Kiss Before Dying, Rosemary's Baby, This Perfect Day, The Stepford Wives, The Boys from Brazil, Sliver, and Son of Rosemary. His plays include No Time for Sergeants, Critic's Choice, and the longest-running thriller in Broadway history, Deathtrap. An alumnus of New York University, Levin also wrote the lyrics of the Barbra Streisand classic "He Touched Me," and was the recipient of three Edgar Allan Poe Awards from the Mystery Writers of America (including 2003's 'Grand Master'), as well as the Horror Writers Association's Bram Stoker Award for lifetime achievement.

Reviews

AudiobooksNow review by Anonymous on 2008-08-13 13:08:01

This audiobook selection failed miserably in my opinion. The multi-voice narration was good in theory but was not executed properly. The main narrator's parts are low in volume, and then the character's parts are ten times louder. Therefore, I could not concentrate on the story because I was constantly turning the volume up and down, depending on who was speaking. After an hour or two of that, I gave up. Long story short, I think you will enjoy either the print version of the book or the DVD much better.

Goodreads review by Bren fall in love with the sea.

"The jogger was watching her, jogging in place a few yards away; as she glanced at him he looked toward the chop-chipping and watched that". Sliver by Ira Levin Sliver was a good creepy read. Not spectacular, like some other of Levin's books but eerie enough so that you will most likely be tempted to......more