Joyland (Illustrated Edition)
by King, Stephen
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- ISBN 10
- 1783295325
- ISBN 13
- 9781783295326
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Synopsis
âÈê Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book....Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves movedâÈë (Charles Ardai, Edgar- and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime). Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever. Joyland is a brand-new novel and has never previously been published.
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Joyland is the 35th stand-alone novel by popular American author, Stephen King. When twenty-one-year-old Devin Jones starts his summer job at Joyland, he's just there to earn money for College, but before the year is out, his life has been radically changed. To begin with, he learns a lot and makes some true friends. He finds he likes the job, the variety of his chores, even "wearing the fur", dressing up as Howie the Happy Hound.
But there's a story that the Horror House is haunted by the ghost of a girl who was murdered there four years earlier, and Devin is curious. He stays on when all the summer temps leave, and makes friends with a crippled boy, his little dog and eventually, his beautiful mother. But he has no idea just what effect his curiosity will have, and whom it will endanger.
Once again, the master story teller is at the top of his game. His characters have enough depth and appeal enough to endear them to the reader, while his plot is wholly believable. This is a coming-of-age tale that has humour, heartache, a mystery with twists and red herrings, and an exciting climax. Once again, King does not disappoint. Horror it isn't, but a darn good read is an apt description.
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- BookCorner COM LLC (US)
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- Title
- Joyland (Illustrated Edition)
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 1783295325
- ISBN 13
- 9781783295326
- Publisher
- Hard Case Crime
- Place of Publication
- London
- This edition first published
- 2015
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