Joyland: A NovelStephen King
Titan Books / Hard Case Crime, June 2013
ISBN: 978-1781162644
A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME!
21 year old college student Devin Jones is spending the summer of 1973 in Heaven's Bay, North Carolina, a seaside town whose claim to fame, at least in the summertime, is the amusement park called Joyland.
After his girlfriend breaks up with him for someone else, he spends the summer nursing his heartbreak while working at Joyland, meeting the people who work there, making friends, and trying to solve the mystery of the girl who was murdered five years ago in the Horror House by a man who almost immediately disappeared. What starts off as a curiosity for Devin and his Joyland friends, soon turns into a terrifying nightmare which will change Devin’s life forever.
Joyland is a intriguing mystery and a coming-of-age story all rolled into one. Intricate, well-drawn characters fill this book with life. The plot line, with its carny folk, ghostly presences, and murder mystery starts out well, gathers steam, and ends perfectly. Hard Case Crime is worth checking out for readers with a taste for noir and pulp as well. Watch for Doctor Sleep by Stephen King, which will be released on September 24, 2013.
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Among his most recent are the Dark Tower novels, Cell, From a Buick 8, Everything's Eventual, Hearts in Atlantis, The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, and Bag of Bones. His acclaimed nonfiction book, On Writing, was also a bestseller. He is the recipient of the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.
ISBN: 978-1781162644; ISBN10: 1781162646; Imprint: Hard Case Crime; On Sale: 6/4/2013; Format: Paperback; First Edition edition; Pages: 288; $12.95
