Elevation

✍ Scribed by King, Stephen

• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton; Scribner
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Weight: 685 KB
• Category: Fiction
• City: Maine,Maine.
• ISBN: 1508260486

✦ Synopsis

Castle Rock is a small town, where word gets around quickly. That's why Scott Carey wants to confide only in his friend Doctor Bob Ellis about his strange condition: he's losing weight, without getting thinner, and the scales register the same when he is in his clothes or out of them, however heavy they are.

Scott also has new neighbours, who have opened a 'fine dining experience' in town, although it's an experience being shunned by the locals; Deidre McComb and her wife Missy Donaldson don't exactly fit in with the community's expectations. And now Scott seems trapped in a feud with the couple over their dogs dropping their business on his lawn. Missy may be friendly, but Deidre is cold as ice.

As the town prepares for its annual Thanksgiving 12k run, Scott starts to understand the prejudices his neighbours face and he tries to help. Unlikely alliances form and the mystery of Scott's affliction brings out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.

From master storyteller Stephen King, our 'most precious renewable resource, like Shakespeare in the malleability of his work' (Guardian), comes this timely, upbeat tale about finding common ground despite deep-rooted differences. Compelling and eerie, Elevation is as gloriously joyful (with a twinge of deep sadness) as '*It's a Wonderful Life.' *

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Review

PRAISE FOR STEPHEN KING:

“King’s ability to grip the reader’s mind, body and soul with his prose makes it all look easy.”

*—USA Today *

"King is like Shakespeare in the ease with which primal themes can be styled to match the dominant mode of a given era."

—The Guardian

“King’s writing is filled with optimism, sadness and a search for answers to life’s unanswerable questions.”

—The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

“King is arguably as much an American icon as the ’68 Fastback.”

*—The Washington Post *

“King is our most precious renewable resource.”

*—The Guardian *

About the Author

Stephen King is Professor of Economics at Monash University and a Member of the Economic Regulation Authority of Western Australia. After several years as Dean of the Business Faculty, Stephen has returned to the classroom and is once again teaching first year students. Prior to joining Monash, Stephen was a Commissioner at the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission. Stephen completed his economics degree at the Australian National University, and his PhD at Harvard University in 1991. Stephen has taught a variety of courses, including introductory courses at Harvard University and the University of Melbourne. Stephen specialises in industrial economics, although his research has covered a wide range of areas, including game theory, corporate finance, privatisation and tax policy. His work has been published in academic journals such as the Journal of Industrial Economics, European Economic Review and Journal of Political Economy. Stephen regularly provides advice to both government and private firms on a range of issues relating to regulation and competition policy. He is a Lay Member of the High Court of New Zealand and a Fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences in Australia.

✦ Subjects

Maine