A Brief Guide to Stephen King
$64.95
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
20 March 2014
Summary
2014 marks the 40th anniversary of the publication of Stephen King s first novel Carrie in April 1974. Rescued from the rubbish by his wife Tabitha, the novel launched the Maine schoolteacher on a prolific and extraordinarily successful career. His name has become synonymous with horror and suspense through over fifty works, including The Dark Tower, a retelling of Byron s Childe Harold to the Dark Tower Came.
Simpson traces the writer s life from his difficult childhood his fath…Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781472110602 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1472110609 |
| Author: | Paul Simpson |
| Publisher: | Little, Brown Book Group |
| Imprint: | Robinson |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 20 March 2014 |
| Weight: | 224g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 186mm x 21mm |
| Series: | Brief Histories |
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The best book about King and his work I have ever read
The best book about King and his work I have ever read - Books Monthly
There have been surveys of Stephen King’s work before but none with the same mix of concision and erudition. Covering forty years of all things Kingian from Carrie to the present day, Paul Simpson combines breadth of knowledge with passion for his subject, and his judgments are as fair as they are well argued. If you think you know about King, you will finish this book knowing more, and if you are a relative newcomer to the Maine horror maestro’s writing, you will be moved by this book to read further. A Brief Guide… is both scholarly and readable, a rare combination. It is also indispensable.he clearly knows his King - Psychobabblea useful guide, in 19 chapters, to Stephen King s writing and his life, from his troubled childhood to his current success - Sydney Morning HeraaldA Brief Guide to Stephen King is a huge win for me, and I recommend it to anyone looking to gain a deeper understanding of this amazingly talented author. - Shattered RavingsAbout The Author
Paul Simpson
PAUL SIMPSON has been writing professionally about horror and science fiction for the past two decades. As editor of Dreamwatch magazine and its web spin-off SciFiBulletin.com, which he still oversees from his home in a small Sussex village just north of Brighton, England, he has visited the sets of numerous TV shows, including The X-Files, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Stephen King s The Dead Zone, and interviewed the stars of many of the classic Hammer Horror films.
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