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Stephen King - 11.22.63

Stephen King - 11.22.63

The horror writer's time-travelling thriller fails to take full advantage of its premise

(3 stars)15 Nov 2011

(Hodder & Stoughton) There is no doubting Stephen King’s abiding knack for a gripping yarn, but the American author’s latest novel could be doing with a few more thrills. That’s not to say that the plot is lacklustre or lacking in scale, taking a…

lengthy literary works

EIBF 2011: five lengthy literary works

featuring Adam Levin, Thomas Pynchon, David Foster Wallace, Stephen King and Tolstoy

24 Aug 2011

The Instructions The story of a megalomaniac 10-year-old boy who may or may not be the messiah takes place over the course of just four frenetic days, but Levin’s massive book takes in Israel’s battle for existence and an entire religion’s search for…

Five unit shifting books

Five unit shifting books

19 Nov 2009

Andy McNab Exit Wound Mr SAS with his latest Nick Stone thriller in which a raid on Saddam Hussein’s gold stash goes horribly awry and a complex conspiracy slowly reveals itself. Bantam. Karin Slaughter Genesis Medical examiner Sara Linton…

Stephen King - Duma Key

Stephen King - Duma Key

(2 stars)17 Jan 2008

SUPERNATURAL DRAMA (Hodder & Stoughton) Pseudonyms and non-fiction works all-in, Stephen King raises his bat for the half-century with this long-winded Florida ghost story. He is, of course, infamous for the filmic adaptations of his sinister novels…

Joe Hill

Heart of darkness

12 Mar 2007

One of the biggest skeletons in literature popped out of the cupboard earlier this year when Joe Hill’s true identity as Stephen King’s son was unveiled. Having ploughed away secretly for over a decade as writer and editor of short stories (most notably…

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