Desperation - Softcover

Stephen King

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0340654287 ISBN 13: 9780340654286

Publisher: New English Library Ltd, 1997

Synopsis

/ 9789024525966 / / Nederlands / Dutch / Néerlandais / Niederländisch / paperback / 23 x 15 cm / 604 .pp /

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Review:

A notice to those who feel that Stephen King has lost his magic touch: Desperation is the genuine goods. The ensemble cast of ordinary Americans thrown together by chance, including a disgruntled alcoholic writer and a child who is wise beyond his years, may be a bit too familiar. But the nearly deserted Nevada mining town with an enormous haunted mine pit and an abandoned movie theatre where the survivors hang out makes for a striking battleground, and the grisly action rarely flags. Best of all, though, are the characters of Tak, the ancient body-hopping evil who emerges from the mine, and of "God"--whom the New York Times describes as "the edgiest creation in Desperation. Remote, isolated, ironic, shrouded behind disguises, perhaps 'another legendary shadow,' this deity forms a sly foil, and an icy mirror, to Tak."

About the Author:

Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON, HEARTS IN ATLANTIS and his non-fiction book ON WRITING. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.

About this edition

• Publisher: New English Library Ltd
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 0340654287
• ISBN 13: 9780340654286
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 720