King is the author of forty bestsellers, including Misery and Cell. Some of his books have been turned into celebrated films including Rita Hayworth, The Shawshank Redemption and The Green Mile. He now divides his time between Maine and Florida. And Duma Key is his first novel ever set in Florida.
'King has become such a sophisticated writer that this novel is never less than page-turning.' -- Independent on Sunday on DUMA KEY 'a relentless tidal pull' -- New York Times '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 'King is the greatest popular novelist of our day.' -- Guardian
'King has become such a sophisticated writer that this novel is never less than page-turning.' -- Independent on Sunday on DUMA KEY 'a relentless tidal pull' -- New York Times '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 'King is the greatest popular novelist of our day.' -- Guardian
In bestseller King's well-crafted tale of possession and redemption, Edgar Freemantle, a successful Minnesota contractor, barely survives after the Dodge Ram he's driving collides with a 12-story crane on a job site. While Freemantle suffers the loss of an arm and a fractured skull, among other serious injuries, he makes impressive gains in rehabilitation. Personality changes that include uncontrollable rages, however, hasten the end of his 20-year-plus marriage. On his psychiatrist's advice, Freemantle decides to start anew on a remote island in the Florida Keys. To his astonishment, he becomes consumed with making art-first pencil sketches, then paintings-that soon earns him a devoted following. Freemantle's artwork has the power both to destroy life and to cure ailments, but soon the Lovecraftian menace that haunts Duma Key begins to assert itself and torment those dear to him. The transition from the initial psychological suspense to the supernatural may disappoint some, but even those few who haven't read King (Lisey's Story) should appreciate his ability to create fully realized characters and conjure horrors that are purely manmade. (Jan. 22) Copyright 2007 Reed Business Information.
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