7/1/2023 0 Comments Revival by stephen kingMercedes, billed (on his website) as his "first hard-boiled detective tale"), and last year the 67-year-old published Joyland and Doctor Sleep, his gripping sequel to The Shining. Revival marks the author's fourth novel in two years: In June he released Mr. A story of fate, rock and roll, religion, obsession, and addiction, it follows Jamie Morton, a boy from Maine whose life becomes inextricably bound to his onetime childhood pastor, an increasingly sinister figure who performs mysterious electrical "healing" sessions.ĭespite a near-fatal accident 15 years ago, after which he considered retiring, King remains prolific. Indeed King dedicates Revival, out this month, to "some of the people who built my house," including Mary Shelley, Bram Stoker, and H.P. In a recent Twitter post about the book, King told readers, "If you're going to buy it, better tone up your nerves." His publisher, Nan Graham, said that upon reading it, "I asked Steve whether it really had to be this dark, knowing before he answered that, yes, it does. His latest novel, Revival, sees the author of more than 50 global bestsellers-including The Shining, Pet Sematary, and It-return to the "balls to the wall" (King's words) supernatural horror with which he made his name. Just when you think Stephen King's well of pitch-black, sleep-with-the-lights-on horror must surely be running dry, he finds new and possibly even darker ways to terrify us.
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