1922 by Stephen King - ISBN: 9781529379358
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Murder, madness, and rats consume a man in dark 1922.

1922

An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

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  • Paperback

    176 pages

  • Release Date

    14 September 2021

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Summary

The chilling novella featured in Stephen King’s bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 - about a man who succumbs to the violence within - is now available as a stand-alone publication.

I believe there is a man inside every man, a stranger

So writes Wilfred James in his confession. It’s 1922. Wilfred owns eighty acres of farmland in Nebraska that have been in the family for generations. His wife, Arlette, owns an adjoining …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781529379358
ISBN-10:1529379350
Author:Stephen King
Publisher:Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint:Hodder Paperback
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:176
Release Date:14 September 2021
Weight:132g
Dimensions:196mm x 126mm x 16mm
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Critics Review

Dripping with American Gothic … Utterly convincing and packed with grim atmosphere, it is a story that manages to keep you compulsively turning the pages * INDEPENDENT *It’s compulsive reading, sometimes scary, revolting, ultimately heartbreaking … There is a hint of the supernatural in it, although the borderline between a haunting and madness here is a hairline fracture, and one that King exploits elegantly all the way to the end * NEIL GAIMAN, GUARDIAN *Wonderfully gruesome … The pages practically turn themselves * USA TODAY *

About The Author

Stephen King

STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. The long novella is a form King has returned to over and over again, and many have been turned into celebrated films, TV series and streamed events including 1922, Apt Pupil, The Body ( Stand By Me ), The Langoliers, The Mist and Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption which was the basis of The Shawshank Redemption.

King is the recipient of 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 Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

World Number One bestseller Stephen King has captivated audiences with his stories from Carrie to Duma Key. So powerful are his originals, that they have been turned into successful films including Misery, The Green Mile, Stand By Me and The Shawshank Redemption.

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