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Maggie SiffRuntime
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Modern & contemporary fiction (post c 1945), Crime & mystery, Horror & ghost stories
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Hodder Paperbacks
- Paperback Sep 11, 2018 | 9781473691650 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 2, 2017 | 9781473672109 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 1, 2017 | 9781473672116 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 11, 2018 | 9781473691650 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 2, 2017 | 9781473672109 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 1, 2017 | 9781473672116 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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Hodder & Stoughton
- Paperback Sep 11, 2018 | 9781473691650 | RRP $24.99 Buy Now
- e-Book Jun 2, 2017 | 9781473672109 | RRP $12.99 Buy Now
- Audiobook Jun 1, 2017 | 9781473672116 | RRP $44.99 Buy Now
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A wonderful CASTLE ROCK Novella from Stephen King and Richard Chizmar.
'A resonant novella set in one of King's signature locales: the small town of Castle Rock, Maine' Washington Post
The small town of Castle Rock, Maine, has witnessed some strange events and unusual visitors over the years, but there is one story that has never been told...until now.
There are three ways up to Castle View from the town of Castle Rock: Route 117, Pleasant Road, and the Suicide Stairs. Every day in the summer of 1974 twelve-year-old Gwendy Peterson takes the stairs, which are held by strong (if time-rusted) iron bolts and zig-zag up the cliffside.
One day, while Gwendy catches her breath and listens to the shouts of the kids on the playground and the chink of an aluminium bat hitting a baseball, a stranger calls out to her.
On a bench in the shade sits a man in a small, neat black hat. He offers Gwendy a mahogany box with coloured buttons. The buttons will produce gifts, such as chocolate which can make you slimmer. But he warns her that the gifts will be 'small recompense for the responsibility.'
Journey back to Castle Rock in this chilling new novella by Stephen King, bestselling author of THE BAZAAR OF BAD DREAMS, and Richard Chizmar, award-winning author of A LONG DECEMBER
Praise for Gwendy's Button Box: (The Button Box Series)
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Extremely well-paced...a fun read that never loses momentum. - USA Today
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Given the locale and overall tone of the book, it would be tempting to regard this as just another Stephen King story, but it isn't. It is a collaboration, and a seamless one at that. Chizmar, whose best short fiction was recently collected in "A Long December," is an excellent writer with a clear affinity for King's brand of storytelling, which includes a clear, idiomatic prose style and a flair for creating instantly recognizable characters. Together, he and King have created what is both a superior addition to the never-quite-finished saga of Castle Rock and a cautionary tale directed toward a world that grows crazier - and more incomprehensible - with every passing day. - Washington Post
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This absorbing novella by horror giants King (End of Watch) and Chizmar (A Long December) revisits one of King's most popular locales. - Publisher s Weekly
Stephen King
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent titles include Fairy Tale, Holly, and If It Bleeds, all number one Sunday Times bestsellers.
Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.
King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, 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 Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
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