<p><span class="a-text-bold">Soon to be a major motion picture from Paramount Pictures starring John Lithgow, Jason Clarke, and Amy Seimetz! King's iconic, beloved classic is 'so beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in' </span><span class="a-text-bold a-text-italic">Guardian </span><span><br><br>'SOMETIMES...DEAD IS BETTER'<br><br>The house looked right, felt right to Dr Louis Creed.<br><br>Rambling, old, unsmart and comfortable. A place where the family could settle; the children grow and play and explore. The rolling hills and meadows of Maine seemed a world away from the fume-choked dangers of Chicago.<br><br>Only the occasional big truck out on the two-lane highway, grinding up through the gears, hammering down the long gradients, growled out an intrusive threat.<br><br>But behind the house and far away from the road: that was safe. Just a carefully cleared path up into the woods where generations of local children have processed with the solemn innocence of the young, taking with them their dear departed pets for burial.<br><br>A sad place maybe, but safe. Surely a safe place. Not a place to seep into your dreams, to wake you, sweating with fear and foreboding.<br><br>'King can make the flesh creep half a world away' - </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Times</span><span><br>'So beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in' - </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br>'The most frightening novel Stephen King has ever written' - </span><span class="a-text-italic">Publisher's Weekly</span><span><br>'Wild, powerful, disturbing' - </span><span class="a-text-italic">Washington Post Book Review</span></p>
<div class="a-row a-expander-container a-expander-extend-container"> <h3><span>Review</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span>King can make the flesh creep half a world away ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Times</span><span><br><br>So beautifully paced that you cannot help but be pulled in ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Guardian</span><span><br><br>The most frightening novel Stephen King has ever written ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Publisher's Weekly</span><span><br><br>Wild, powerful, disturbing ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">Washington Post Book Review</span><span><br><br>King can make the flesh creep half a world away ― </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Times</span> </div> <h3><span>Book Description</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <span>King's #1 bestselling, timeless classic, is among King's most iconic and beloved novels.</span> </div> <div data-expanded="true" class="a-expander-content a-expander-extend-content a-expander-content-expanded" style="overflow: hidden;"> <h3><span>About the Author</span></h3> <div class="a-section a-spacing-small a-padding-small"> <p><span>STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His crime thrillers featuring Holly Gibney include </span><span class="a-text-italic">Mr Mercedes</span><span>, winner of the Edgar Award for best novel, and </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Outsider</span><span>, both of which were adapted into successful TV series, as well as </span><span class="a-text-italic">Finders Keepers</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">End of Watch</span><span> and the title story from </span><span class="a-text-italic">If It Bleeds</span><span>.<br><br>Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including </span><span class="a-text-italic">IT</span><span>, </span><span class="a-text-italic">Stand By Me </span><span>(adapted from </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Body</span><span>) and </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Shawshank Redemption</span><span>, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.<br><br>King is the recipient of </span><span class="a-text-italic">The Sunday Times</span><span> 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.</span></p> </div> </div> <div class="a-row"> <a data-csa-c-func-deps="aui-da-a-expander-toggle" data-csa-c-type="widget" data-csa-interaction-events="click" aria-expanded="true" role="button" href="javascript:void(0)" data-action="a-expander-toggle" class="a-expander-header a-declarative a-expander-extend-header" data-a-expander-toggle="{"allowLinkDefault":true, "expand_prompt":"Read more", "collapse_prompt":""}" data-csa-c-id="pao8gu-x1yvdi-jzi4ah-7x1etl"><i class="a-icon a-icon-extender-collapse"></i><span class="a-expander-prompt"></span></a> </div> </div>
