JUST AFTER SUNSET: Stories (First UK edition - fine copy)

Stephen King

ISBN 10: 0340977167 / ISBN 13: 9780340977163

Published by Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2008

About this Item

First impression of the first UK edition, with "1" on the printer's page. ***A fine copy in black cloth-covered boards with metallic red titles to the spine. The boards are clean and unmarked. No bumps or creases. Corners sharp. No reading lean to the binding. Spine tight. Page block edges clean. Internally also near fine with no inscriptions. Interior pages clean. No foxing. No creasing or tears. Paper stock very lightly tanned. Scarlet endpapers. ***In a fine colour-illustrated dustwrapper, which has not been price-clipped, retaining the original publisher's printed price of £18.99. The dustwrapper appears to be flawless - no rubbing, creases or tears. No fading. Dustwrapper bright and clean. 242mm x 162mm. 353 pages including authors' "Sunset" notes about the stories at the back of the book. ***'"Just After Sunset" is the fifth collection of short stories by Stephen King. It was released in hardcover in the USA by Scribner on Nov 11, 2008. On Feb 6, 2008, the author's official website revealed the title of the collection to be "Just Past Sunset". About a month later, the title was subtly changed to "Just After Sunset". Previous titles mentioned in the media by Stephen King himself were "Pocket Rockets" and "Unnatural Acts of Human Intercourse"'. ***'Stephen Edwin King (born Sept 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Called the "King of Horror", his books had sold more than 350 million copies as of 2006, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. His debut, "Carrie", was published in 1974, and was followed by "Salem's Lot", "The Shining", "The Stand" and "The Dead Zone". "Different Seasons", a collection of four novellas, was his first major departure from the horror genre. The novellas provided the basis for the films 'Stand by Me' and 'The Shawshank Redemption'. King has published under the pseudonym Richard Bachman and has co-written works with other authors, notably his friend Peter Straub and sons Joe Hill and Owen King. (Wiki) ***'Now: just after sunset, and darkness grips the imagination, that's when reality grows thin. When you can feel the everyday become the unexpected in this captivating collection of twist-in-the-tail stories of suspense, terror and dark comedy from the No.1 bestselling writer.' ***'The greatest popular novelist of our day, comparable to Dickens' - Guardian (Quote and general review quote taken from the front and back flaps of the dustwrapper. ***First impression of the first UK edition, complete in its dustwrapper, in fine collectable condition. ***For all our books, postage is charged at cost, allowing for packaging: any shipping rates indicated on ABE are an average only: we will reduce the P & P charge where appropriate - please contact us for postal rates for heavier books and sets etc. Seller Inventory # 3958

Bibliographic Details

Title: JUST AFTER SUNSET: Stories (First UK edition...

Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton, London

Publication Date: 2008

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Fine

Dust Jacket Condition: Fine

Edition: First UK Edition

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Synopsis:

What would you do if your everyday world were turned upside down in an instant? Here are twelve riveting stories about relationships with unexpected twists. Be very careful what you wish for. Read about the acts of kindness from strangers: 'workmen' who intervene in the obsessive exercise regime of a middle aged artist in Stationary Bike; the unexpected visitor, a blind girl, whose kiss saves a dying man; a mute hitchhiker who helps a driver get over his wife's affair. There are tales of obsession and fights for power: The Gingerbread Girl runs and runs to ease her pain; two neighbours contesting for a piece of land get into A Very Tight Place and a man who witnesses an act of domestic violence in a Rest Stop needs to step into his identity as a crime writer if he's to intervene. Then there are the unexpected outside events which turn people's worlds upside down or the right way up: a young couple, David and Willa who are derailed on a train find themselves seeking the bright lights in a nearby town -- and playing the jukebox, for eternity; an older couple want to punctuate the banal humdrum with something unusual -- until it happens.

Review:

The true narrative artist is a rare creature. Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift...Stephen King, like Charles Dickens before him, has this gift in spades. (The Times on CELL)

Thrilling, genuinely terrifying, beautifully textured and full of wonderful invention (Daily Mail on LISEY'S STORY)

He has become a fascinating paradoxical figure, still seen as ultra-commercial but, in fact, increasingly highbrow and self-conscious (Sunday Times on DUMA KEY)