You Like it Darker, by Stephen King HOT
- Author: Stephen King
- Pub. Date: May 2024
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You Like it Darker, by Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner
Format: Trade Hardcover
Publication Date: May 2024
Retail Price: $31.00
About the Book:
'You like it darker? Fine, so do I', writes Stephen King in the
afterword to this magnificent new collection of twelve stories that
delve into the darker part of life - both metaphorical and literal.
King has, for half a century, been a master of the form, and these
stories, about fate, mortality, luck, and the folds in reality where
anything can happen, are as rich and riveting as his novels, both
weighty in theme and a huge pleasure to read. King writes to feel
'the exhilaration of leaving ordinary day-to-day life behind', and
in You Like it Darker, readers will feel that exhilaration too,
again and again.
'Two Talented Bastids' explores the long-hidden secret of how the
eponymous gentlemen got their skills. In 'Danny Coughlin's Bad
Dream', a brief and unprecedented psychic flash upends dozens of
lives, Danny's most catastrophically. In 'Rattlesnakes', a sequel to
Cujo, a grieving widower travels to Florida for respite and instead
receives an unexpected inheritance - with major strings attached. In
'The Dreamers', a taciturn Vietnam vet answers a job ad and learns
that there are some corners of the universe best left unexplored.
'The Answer Man' asks if prescience is good luck or bad and reminds
us that a life marked by unbearable tragedy can still be meaningful.
King's ability to surprise, amaze, and bring us both terror and
solace remains unsurpassed. Each of these stories holds its own
thrills, joys, and mysteries; each feels iconic. You like it darker?
You got it.
'As classic as King's novels are, his shorter fiction has been
just as gripping over the years' - USA Today
'One of the great storytellers of our time' - Guardian
PLEASE NOTE: We need a finished book for the slipcase sizing, so if you order the book and the slipcase, your book will ship at the publication date and the slipcase will follow separately when it is finished!
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