Stephen King is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent work includes the short story collection You Like It Darker, Holly, Fairy Tale, Billy Summers, If It Bleeds, The Institute, Elevation, The Outsider, Sleeping Beauties (cowritten with his son Owen King), and the Bill Hodges trilogy: End of Watch, Finders Keepers, and Mr. Mercedes (an Edgar Award winner for Best Novel and a television series streaming on Peacock). His novel 11/22/63 was named a top ten book of 2011 by The New York Times Book Review and won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Mystery/Thriller. His epic works The Dark Tower, It, Pet Sematary, Doctor Sleep, and Firestarter are the basis for major motion pictures, with It now the highest-grossing horror film of all time. He is the recipient of the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
Praise for The Outsider: "A juicy tale that plays at the forefront
of our current phobias... [The Outsider] will remind readers of
King's early novel It." -- Kirkus Reviews
"The Outsider is yet another outstanding offering from Stephen
King, a darkly engaging ride of a read that demonstrates once again
that despite a decades-spanning career, he's still performing at
the height of his powers." --The Maine Edge
"The Outsider is, in many ways, an ideal combination of classic
King supernatural terror and his more contemporary foray into crime
writing, wedding an intricately plotted whodunit with a monster
tale that has more than a few shades of It...one of King's
strongest books in the past decade; an enjoyable dovetailing of
crime and supernatural horror that will please Constant Readers and
newcomers alike." --Emily Burnham, The Bangor Daily News
"[A] fascinating mystery that challenges fans of detective yarns to
be on top of their game." --The Minneapolis Star Tribune
"A well-researched, finely tuned crime-cum-legal case novel forms a
good chunk of the book...it's a genuinely intriguing mystery... the
novel visits some very odd places - and I mean that as a
compliment...[King] has always understood that the mystery - the
question - is scarier than finding out the truth...The Outsider
gives King fans exactly what they want at the same time as cramming
in new ideas, proving the least surprising thing of all: that his
novels are as strong as they ever were." --The Guardian
"Absolutely riveting. . . another shockingly dark book--perfect for
longtime fans, of whom there are, well, zillions." --Booklist
"An It for the Trump era...remarkable and deeply pleasurable."
--Ryan Vlastelica, The AV Club
"Do yourself a favor and read the book." --Associated Press
"Every time Stephen King writes another book, I worry. Has he gone
to the horror well too often? Will it be as good as It or Dolores
Claiborne or Doctor Sleep or any of his 50-plus other titles?
Luckily, his scary ideas continue to flow unfettered from his mind
to the pages, most recently in The Outsider...masterful." --Amanda
St. Amand, St. Louis Post Dispatch
"Here's to mutant rats in the basement and Mexican myths; here's to
the strange and to Stephen King. Still inspiring." --Victor
LaValle, New York Times Book Review
"How could a man so beloved and respected, a man the whole
community has trusted with their children, commit such an
unthinkable crime? It can't be true. It must be true. That's the
situation Stephen King sets up with blazing intensity in the first
chapter of his new novel ...The Outsider is proof King isn't losing
his touch: It's a first-rate example of his signature technique of
combining solidly realistic writing and believable characters with
disturbingly creepy horror...a horrifying ride that challenges its
characters not to succumb to their own darkness." --Colette
Bancroft, The Tampa Bay Tribune
"King appears to be on a hot streak, that he extends with The
Outsider. Big, complex and inventive, it's a well-honed
continuation of his interest in the intersection of crime and
horror fiction, demonstrating his consummate skill with both."
--Michael Berry, The Portland Press Herald
"King is arguably as much an American icon as the '68 Fastback or a
classic red and white Plymouth Fury. All of these glories are on
full display in his latest mystery-horror hybrid...you're in for
one hell of a ride." --Karin Slaughter, The Washington Post
"There's plenty of shadowy, wormy supernatural goings-on in Stephen
King's new novel The Outsider. Yet the most unsettling stuff --
that which will leave you uncomfortable when you sit and devour
this first-rate read -- probes the monstrous side of human nature."
--Brian Truitt, USA Today
"What begins as a manhunt for an unlikely doppelg�nger takes an
uncanny turn into the supernatural. King's skillful use of criminal
forensics helps to ground his tale in a believable clinical reality
where the horrors stand out in sharp relief." --Publishers Weekly
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