About the Author

Stephen King lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. He has written more than forty books and two hundred short stories. He has won the World Fantasy Award, several Bram Stoker awards, and the O. Henry Award for his story -The Man in the Black Suit, - and is the 2003 recipient of The National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters.

Reviews

-An unforgettable, unflinching glimpse into a mind driven to murder.---San Francisco Chronicle -Extraordinarily vivid...an impressive tour de force, a sensitive character study that holds the reader rapt.---Playboy -Powerful...startlingly good.---Time -A literary triumph. The finest of King novels...a plot of enormous energy...Read this book.---Milwaukee Journal -A daring performance...spooky...Dolores's voice rings true throughout.---The Cleveland Plain Dealer

King again eschews supernatural horror, as he did recently in Gerald's Game , to study the equally monstrous things people can inflict on one another. The story, sparer than much of King's work, is a monolog by the title character, who is suspected of murdering her loutish, insensitive husband and the difficult, rich, and senile woman for whom she has kept house for many years. As Dolores tells her story to the local authorities, the details of a life of drudgery and marital unhappiness emerge, along with the ironic truth behind the deaths. In theme, style, and setting a companion piece to Gerald's Game , this new work is a quietly terrifying tale of desperation, abuse, and revenge that showcases King's talent as a powerful storyteller. Certain to be a best seller, it should appeal to a wide audience. For all popular fiction collections. Previewed in Prepub Alert, LJ 9/15/92.-- Eric W. Johnson, Teikyo Post Univ. Lib., Waterbury, Ct.