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The Stars' Tennis Balls

By: Stephen Fry
Narrated by: Stephen Fry
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For Ned, 1980 seems a blissful year. Handsome, charming, popular and talented, his life is progressing smoothly, effortlessly, happily. And when he meets the lovely Portia Fendeman his personal jigsaw appears complete. But timing is everything in life, and his life is about to change for ever.

Things are going to get very bad indeed for innocent young Ned. A promise made to a dying teacher and a spiteful trick played by fellow pupils will rocket Ned from cricket captain to solitary confinement, from head boy to hell. When Ned emerges he is a man bent on just one thing - revenge; and revenge is a dish he plans to savour and serve to those who conspired against him.

Part love story, part thriller, a gloriously rich mix that only Stephen Fry can dish up to us, The Stars' Tennis Balls will leave you happy and replete.

©2000 Stephen Fry (P)2000 Random House Audio Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Psychological Thriller & Suspense Fiction Scary Funny Sports Suspense

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Just love Stephen Fry.
Fantastic story beautifully told.
One to listen to again and again.

Tennis balls

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A wonderfully poignant and wicked romp through human nature along the lines of the Count of Monte Cristo at the turn of the millennium. Fry's performance of characters and reading quality is as flawless as ever.

The beauty of the writing and performance!

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Stephen, yet again, struck gold again with another timeless and superbly performative story. Is there no limit to his genius?

Characters, colour of language and descriptive ingenuity

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The worst part about this story was it's length - I would've preferred it to be a bit longer! I really like Stephen Fry so it was great to get the double pleasure of him narrating a book that he wrote. It wasn't quite the happy ending I imagined from the description but that's better than predictability, I suppose. I would definitely recommend it!

Written and Narrated by SF - fabulous!

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I had this book in hardback a few years ago and lost it because I kept lending it to friends. It’s great to be able to listen to it narrated by the author himself. My only disappointment is that this hasn’t been brought to the big screen yet!

One of my favourite books

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Riveting story. So many under lying questions. Harrowing, heart warming, sickening. Been a long time since ive read fiction that made me feel so much while enjoying the story. Thanks for another cracking read

Fascinating and harrowing

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loved how I was made to face reality of the fragility of the mind. amazing!

A real thought provoker

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A brilliant modern day version of 'The Count of Monte Christo'. I read it years ago and loved it then but it's even better to have Stephen Fry narrating it. Definitely worth a credit!

Addictive!

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Well written & excellently performed as we have come to expect from Fry. My only quirk is, I can't help thinking of The Count of Monte Cristo!

The Stars Tennis Balls by Stephen Fry

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He freely admits he heavily borrows from another famous book but to my mind this modernisation is superior in every respect except being too short!

Fantastic!

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