When Edgar Freemantle moves to the remote island of Duma Key to escape his past, he doesn't expect to find much there.But Duma has been waiting for him, and something in the view from his window urges him to discover a talent he never knew he had.Edgar Freemantle begins to paint. And as he paints, the island's secrets begin to stir. Secrets of children lost in the undertow, of a ghost ship riding the distant horizon - and a family's buried past reaching long hands into the present.
CONTRIBUTORS: Stephen King
EAN: 9781444707908
COUNTRY: United Kingdom
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WEIGHT: 477 g
HEIGHT: 199 cm
PUBLISHED BY: Hodder & Stoughton
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GENRE: FICTION / General
WIDTH: 147 cm
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Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary, Horror and supernatural fiction
This is one of the most haunted character pieces he's ever written. Horrific. Tragic. And absolutely beautiful, Fresh and frightening and highly recommended, King has become such a sophisticated writer that this novel is never less than page-turning . . . A first-class beach-read, 'Another masterpiece'
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers, including the epic thrillers The Institute and Desperation. Some of King's recent bestsellers are Fairy Tale, Billy Summers and If It Bleeds.Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures, TV series and streamed events, including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time. King is the recipient of The Sunday Times 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.
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