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Bulletproof
- Author
- Stephen Bunting
- Narrator
- Adam Stevens
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Publish Date
- 10 September 2026
- Run Time
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
What to expect
'The whole darting world loves him’ Luke Humphries
This is the true, unvarnished story of 'The Bullet': BDO World Champion, PDC Masters winner, Premier League giant-killer.
Stephen Bunting grew up throwing darts in smoky Merseyside boozers, sneaking into pubs under his hood as a twelve-year-old, and learning to count by chalking scores on the side of his wardrobe.
Now he's one of the most beloved players in the fastest-growing sport on the planet. His walk-on to 'Titanium' sees grown adults singing their hearts out in arenas from Belfast to Berlin.
But behind the pyrotechnics and the sing-alongs, this is also a story about grit. About a lad from Fazakerley who nearly threw it all away – through the gambling debts, the wilderness years, the local league night where he couldn't hit a double and rang his manager from the car park to say he was 'done'.
Bulletproof is about a dad who plonked his kid on a bar stool and changed his life. It’s about a baboon in a Basel zoo, chinning a chicken and using a trouser press to warm sausage rolls. And it's about what happens when you refuse to give up on the thing you love most.
Featuring Bunting’s exclusive behind-the-scenes view of the professional darts tour, this is the incredible and hilarious story of life on tour from one of the greatest personalities in the game.
Critics Review
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‘A genuine bloke. So fun, so caring, and one of the nicest darts players you’ll ever meet. The whole darting world loves him.’ Luke Humphries
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‘People love Stephen because you can imagine joining him for some karaoke down your local boozer. He’s one of your own. But he’s also a great darts player. Stephen Bunting is the perfect mixture.’ Barry Hearn
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'This is a player who journeys deep into the well every single time he steps on stage. No exceptions. A killer theme tune as a shield, and his darts as daggers, but still the same battle fought with the demons on his shoulder, a mountain of nerves to climb. Before anything else, he is a father, a husband, a friend, who always wants to give, more than he wants to take.' Colin Murray
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'When Bunting steps up towards the oche at Ally Pally and does his Christ the Redeemer pose, followed by the double ear-cups to costumed Marios and Luigis bellowing their lungs out in the front row, he gets a level of fevered adoration above anything that greets Ronaldo at Al-Nassr. We know where we’d rather be.' Guardian
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'A cult hero with a cult following to boot and a taste for the limelight, and being unabashedly himself. … Bunting feels a loyalty to darts and to his family, and a duty to be authentic.' Standard
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'Bunting is recognised every 20 yards from leaving his car. … Staff rush out of Specsavers for a selfie. His fans seem to span at least eight decades and he finds time for all of them. In part, he is just this famous – this is the Bunting Moment. Part is that they still all see him as one of them. … Bunting views his relationship with his fans as not just genuine but symbiotic, almost spiritual, in a way few athletes still do.' Observer
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Details
- Author
- Stephen Bunting
- Narrator
- Adam Stevens
- Duration
- 6 hours 30 minutes
- Release Date
- 10 September 2026
- ISBN
- 9780008830007
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Genre
- Darts, Autobiography: sport, World Cups and World championships
Synopsis
Wins, walkouts and wrong turns with darts' biggest character 'The whole darting world loves him’ Luke Humphries This is the true, unvarnished story of 'The Bullet': BDO World Champion, PDC Masters winner, Premier League giant-killer. Stephen Bunting grew up throwing darts in smoky Merseyside boozers, sneaking into pubs under his hood as a twelve-year-old, and learning to count by chalking scores on the side of his wardrobe. Now he's one of the most beloved players in the fastest-growing sport on the planet. His walk-on to 'Titanium' sees grown adults singing their hearts out in arenas from Belfast to Berlin. But behind the pyrotechnics and the sing-alongs, this is also a story about grit. About a lad from Fazakerley who nearly threw it all away – through the gambling debts, the wilderness years, the local league night where he couldn't hit a double and rang his manager from the car park to say he was 'done'. Bulletproof is about a dad who plonked his kid on a bar stool and changed his life. It’s about a baboon in a Basel zoo, chinning a chicken and using a trouser press to warm sausage rolls. And it's about what happens when you refuse to give up on the thing you love most. Featuring Bunting’s exclusive behind-the-scenes view of the professional darts tour, this is the incredible and hilarious story of life on tour from one of the greatest personalities in the game.
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