Doctor Sleep - Softcover

King, Stephen

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1529375061 ISBN 13: 9781529375060

Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks, 2019

Synopsis

Soon to be a major motion picture starring Ewan McGregor!

'By the end of this book your fingers will be mere stubs of their former selves . . . King's inventiveness and skill show no signs of slacking: Doctor Sleep has all the virtues of his best work' - Margaret Atwood, New York Times

An epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted readers of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.

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Following a childhood haunted by terrifying events at the Overlook Hotel, Danny Torrance has been drifting for decades.

Finally, he settles into a job at a nursing home where he draws on his remnant 'shining' power to help people pass on.

Then he meets Abra Stone, a young girl with the brightest 'shining' ever seen. But her gift is attracting a tribe of paranormals. They may look harmless, old and devoted to their Recreational Vehicles, but The True Knot live off the 'steam' that children like Abra produce.

Now Dan must confront his old demons as he battles for Abra's soul and survival...

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Review

King's own supplies of creative steam show little sign of being depleted. (The Sunday Times)

A powerful sequel to The Shining

(Observer)

King finds a mode of the supernatural that has a melancholic beauty (Guardian, Book of the Week)

All the virtues of his best work (Margaret Atwood, New York Times)

A gripping, powerful novel, all the more so for being patently heartfelt (Financial Times)

King is a very remarkable and singular writer. He can catch dialogue, throw away an observation or mint a simile, sometimes, brilliantly...Storytelling is everything - and by golly does he know how to carry the reader. (Observer)

Doctor Sleep is King expertly returning to the milieu of his most beloved novels, combining not just elements from the original Shining but themes and imagery familiar from King's books, including Carrie, Salem's Lot, Firestarter and It. It also has a structure King has often utilised before, with a group of essentially good people having to band against a gang of baddies but within this structure King works masterful variations, showing just with a brilliant storyteller he is. When King is on form, as he is in Doctor Sleep, he has no rivals for sheer page-turning suspense. It is as addictive as anything he has written: a triumph from the world's finest horror novelist. (Sunday Express)

It's a gripping, powerful novel, all the more so for being patently heartfelt. (Financial Times)

King finds a mode of the supernatural that has a melancholic beauty while avoiding spiritualist blather (Guardian)

Doctor Sleep is a warm, entertaining novel by a man who is no longer the prisoner of his demons, but knows where to find them when he needs to call on them. (Daily Telegraph)

Book Description

From master storyteller Stephen King, his unforgettable and terrifying stand-alone sequel to The Shining - an instant international No. 1 bestseller.

About this edition

• Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks
• Publication date: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1529375061
• ISBN 13: 9781529375060
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1