Gwendy's Button Box: A Novella: 1 (Gwendy's Button Box Trilogy) - Softcover

Chizmar, Richard; King, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1501188291 ISBN 13: 9781501188299

Publisher: Gallery Books, 2017

Synopsis

Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine

Stephen King teams up with long-time friend and award-winning author Richard Chizmar for the first time in this original, chilling novella that revisits the mysterious town of Castle Rock.

There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974, twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson has taken the stairs, which are held by strong--if time-rusted--iron bolts and zig-zag up the precarious cliffside.

Then one day when Gwendy gets to the top of Castle View, after catching her breath and hearing the shouts of kids on the playground below, a stranger calls to her. There on a bench in the shade sits a man in black jeans, a black coat, and a white shirt unbuttoned at the top. On his head is a small, neat black hat. The time will come when Gwendy has nightmares about that hat...

The little town of Castle Rock, Maine has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told--until now.

About this title

Review:

It is a collaboration, and a seamless one at that...clear, idiomatic prose style and a flair for creating instantly recognizable characters...both a superior addition to the never-quite-finished saga of Castle Rock and a cautionary tale directed toward a world that grows crazier - and more incomprehensible - with every passing day. (Washington Post)

Extremely well-paced...a fun read that never loses momentum. (USA Today)

This absorbing novella by horror giants King (End of Watch) and Chizmar (A Long December) revisits one of King's most popular locales. (Publisher’s Weekly)

It is a collaboration, and a seamless one at that...clear, idiomatic prose style and a flair for creating instantly recognizable characters...both a superior addition to the never-quite-finished saga of Castle Rock and a cautionary tale directed toward a world that grows crazier - and more incomprehensible - with every passing day.

Extremely well-paced...a fun read that never loses momentum.

This absorbing novella by horror giants King (End of Watch) and Chizmar (A Long December) revisits one of King's most popular locales.

Book Description:

A wonderful Castle Rock Novella from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.

About this edition

• Publisher: Gallery Books
• Publication date: 2017
• ISBN 10: 1501188291
• ISBN 13: 9781501188299
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 176