1999, ISBN: 0786217219

[SR: 7733699], Paperback, [EAN: 9780786217212], Large Print, Thorndike Pr, Thorndike Pr, Book, [PU: Thorndike Pr], 1999-09-01, Thorndike Pr, Bag of Bones is partly inspired by Daphne du M… Altro …

[SR: 7733699], Paperback, [EAN: 9780786217212], Large Print, Thorndike Pr, Thorndike Pr, Book, [PU: Thorndike Pr], 1999-09-01, Thorndike Pr, Bag of Bones is partly inspired by Daphne du Maurier's classic Rebecca, but there's more than homage in this novel of horror and romance. Like du Maurier's Manderley, King's scary old place (on the shore of Maine's remote Dark Score Lake) is haunted by the late lady of the manor. There are many gory ghosts afoot though: men, women, and wailing kids. The hero, a thriller novelist, stirs up hell's angry shades while investigating his wife's death. It turns out she either had a dark secret herself or was onto some dread scandal lurking in Dark Score Lake. As in King's previous book, Wizard and Glass, the fabric of reality is thin, and nosy narrators are in peril of plunging right out of this world and into a rather hostile otherworld. Bag of Bones is a writer-haunted book, too. The spirits of Herman Melville and Ray Bradbury are deeply felt, and so are the tale's two romances (the hero muses on his marriage and falls for a young single mum with a marvellous psychic daughter). There is also good-humoured satire of the real bestseller book world--the hero complains that "the publicity process is like going to a sushi bar where you're the sushi." In its deep concerns with love, sprawling families, the writer's life, endangered children and good old-fashioned storytelling, the book resembles a John Irving novel. It is also absolutely classic Stephen King, packed with nifty turns of phrase, irreverent wit and lurid ghouls who grab you from beneath the bed while you cower under the covers. --Tim Appelo, 426321031, Ghosts, 63, Horror, 1025612, Subjects, 266239, Books<

ISBN: 0786217219

Blocked writer Mike Noonan is unable to come to terms with the sudden death of his wife Jo. Haunted by nightmares, Noonan returns to their isolated summer home in hopes of finding peace. … Altro …

Blocked writer Mike Noonan is unable to come to terms with the sudden death of his wife Jo. Haunted by nightmares, Noonan returns to their isolated summer home in hopes of finding peace. But now his beloved Yankee town is held in the grip of a millionaire who uses everything and everyone in the community for his own purpose: to take his little granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. Mike is drawn into the town's struggle and realizes that powerful forces have been unleashed -- but what do they want from Mike Noonan? contemporary,fiction,genre fiction,ghosts,horror,literary,literature and fiction,mystery thriller and suspense,suspense,thrillers Ghosts, Thorndike Press<

ISBN: 9780786217212

Blocked writer Mike Noonan is unable to come to terms with the sudden death of his wife Jo. Haunted by nightmares, Noonan returns to their isolated summer home in hopes of finding peace. … Altro …

Blocked writer Mike Noonan is unable to come to terms with the sudden death of his wife Jo. Haunted by nightmares, Noonan returns to their isolated summer home in hopes of finding peace. But now his beloved Yankee town is held in the grip of a millionaire who uses everything and everyone in the community for his own purpose: to take his little granddaughter away from her widowed young mother. Mike is drawn into the town's struggle and realizes that powerful forces have been unleashed -- but what do they want from Mike Noonan? Bag of Bones King, Stephen, Thorndike Press<

1999, ISBN: 0786217219

[EAN: 9780786217212], D'occasion, très bon état, [SC: 4.56], [PU: Thorndike Pr], An EX LIBRARY copy in VERY GOOD overall condition. May have some library stamps, marks etc.

ISBN: 9780786217212

Softcover book. 901 pages. Published by Thorndike Press Media > Book, [PU: Thorndike Press]