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Life Expectancy Koontz tells an emotional tale of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy--a story that challenges the way readers perceive good and evil, life and death, and everything in between. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue. Full description
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Life Expectancy confirms that one of the pleasures of reading Dean Koontz is that he is never especially likely to do the same thing twice in a row. Here he gives us a suspense novel with a supernatural element--Jimmy's dying grandfather prophesies at his birth that he will have five really bad days in his twenties and we watch these with real concern that he may not survive them. Even on the day of Jimmy's birth things go badly--a mad clown loses his wife in childbirth and massacres hospital staff; a bizarre feud between clowns and aerialists is a significant part of what follows. One of the strengths of Koontz's writing is that he works out in finely-blocked detail precisely how his average characters get themselves out of desperate situations by ingenuity and pluck, and without suddenly becoming super-powerful; even at his most wildly inventive, he remembers to be plausible. And this is one of his best books for a while simply because he has fewer axes to grind--this is pure story-telling of the smoothest kind. --Roz Kaveney.
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"Delightful . . . funny, scary and entertaining."--The Washington Post Book World
"Koontz is a master storyteller and a daring writer, and in his novels he gives readers bright hope in a dark world. [Life Expectancy], an exemplar of his extraordinary work [and] one of his most unusual yet, will leave readers aglow."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Brilliant . . . [Koontz] writes of hope and love in the midst of evil in profoundly inspiring and moving ways."--Chicago Sun-Times "A roller-coaster ride . . . remarkable . . . Prepare to be enchanted."--The Sunday Oregonian
"Koontz is a master storyteller and a daring writer, and in his novels he gives readers bright hope in a dark world. [Life Expectancy], an exemplar of his extraordinary work [and] one of his most unusual yet, will leave readers aglow."--Publishers Weekly (starred review) "Brilliant . . . [Koontz] writes of hope and love in the midst of evil in profoundly inspiring and moving ways."--Chicago Sun-Times "A roller-coaster ride . . . remarkable . . . Prepare to be enchanted."--The Sunday Oregonian
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- PublisherBantam
- Publication date2012
- ISBN 10 0345533380
- ISBN 13 9780345533388
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Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. Paperback. NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Before he died on a storm-wracked night, Jimmy Tocks grandfather predicted that there would be five dark days in his grandsons lifefive dates whose terrible events Jimmy must prepare himself to face. The first is to occur in his twentieth year, the last in his thirtieth. What terrifying events await Jimmy on these five critical days? What challenges must he survive? The path he follows will defy every expectation and will take all the love, humor, and courage he possesses. For who Jimmy Tock is and what he must accomplish on the five days his world turns is a mystery both dangerous and wondrous. Koontz tells an emotional tale of five days in the life of an ordinary man born to an extraordinary legacy--a story that challenges the way readers perceive good and evil, life and death, and everything in between. Available in a tall Premium Edition. Reissue. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability. Seller Inventory # 9780345533388
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