Duma Key: A Novel
a new novel by Stephen King

Publisher: Scribner
Format: Trade Hardcover
Publication Date: January 2008
Hardcover Retail Price: $28.00
Unabridged Audio CD Retail Price: $49.00

About the Book:
Duma Key is the engaging, fascinating story of a man who discovers an incredible talent for painting after a freak accident in which he loses an arm. He moves to a 'new life' in Duma Key, off Florida's West Coast; a deserted strip, part beach, part weed-tangled, owned by a patroness of the arts whose twin sisters went missing in the 1920s.

Duma Key is where out-of-season hurricanes tears lives apart and a powerful undertow lures lost and tormented souls. Here Freemantle is inspired to paint the amazing sunsets. But soon the paintings become predictive, even dangerous. Freemantle knows the only way forward is to discover what happened to the twin sisters -- and what is the secret of the strange old lady who holds the key?

The story is about friendship, about the bond between a father and his daughter. And about memory, truth and art. It is also is a metaphor for the life and inspiration of a writer, and an exploration of the nature, power and influence of fiction.

A Few Words From Stephen King:
Here is how King described the novel in his own words during his long interview with Lilja of Lilja's Library:

"It's about a construction worker who is involved in a terrible accident... he's hurt very badly and loses an arm, sustains head injuries and is not expected to live but he does and he comes out of a coma and because of the head injuries he has uncontrollable rages and memory lapses.

It's very difficult and his wife divorces him so he decides he's going to move to Florida but he's also thinking about suicide just because of his pain and because he doesn’t like being angry all the time and this psychiatrist kind of talks him out of it and one of the things he says is, "Is there anything that you do that you can use as a kind of buffer against this depression? Is there any kind of new life for you besides working on buildings?" and this guy says, "I used to draw, I used to paint a little bit" and the (psychiatrist) says, "Well, try that" and he discovers that, after this injury, that he is really a very talented painter...

...and he moves to Florida and he starts to paint these pictures and then strange things start to happen with the pictures.

They have this power so that sometimes if he paints things into the world they kind of appear and if he paints things out they disappear, including people.

And there is something going on, on this island, this Duma Key that is actually amping that talent up and making it stronger because there is something wrong there.

That's the real basis of the story."

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Customer Reviews	Add Your Review
Duma Key; A Novel	04/26/2008 - by Donna from US
Duma Key was awesome; I couldn't put it down! I read it in the morning, afternoon, and at night. What a page turner this book is. I am reading again but slower this time so it last's longer. I loved everything about this book; it was like you were there when reading it. Could you imagine being able to paint things in and out of the world you live in? Only King could write a book like this one. Truly an awesome read!!!!