A STUNNING NEW NOVEL FROM ONE OF THE BEST-SELLING AUTHORS OF ALL TIME!The #1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER!Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious
Joyland
β Scribed by Stephen King
- Publisher
- Hard Case Crime/Titan Books
- Year
- 2015
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 167 KB
- Edition
- First Hard Case Crime edition.,Illustrated edition
- Category
- Fiction
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β¦ Synopsis
STEPHEN KING****Returns with a Novel of Carny Lifeand Death . .
College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing something far more terrible: the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and dark truths about lifeand what comes afterthat would change his world forever.
Life is Not Always a Butchers Game.
Sometimes the Prizes Are Real.
Sometimes Theyre Precious.
A riveting story about love and loss, about growing up and growing oldand about those who dont get to do either because death comes for them before their timeJOYLAND is Stephen King at the peak of his storytelling powers. With all the emotional impact of King masterpieces such as The Green Mile and The Shawshank Redemption, JOYLAND is at once a mystery, a horror story, and a bittersweet coming-of-age novel, one that will leave even the most hard-boiled reader profoundly moved.
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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
**All-time Best-selling Author** **STEPHEN KING** **Returns with a Novel of Carny Lifeβand Death . . .** College student Devin Jones took the summer job at Joyland hoping to forget the girl who broke his heart. But he wound up facing something far more terrible: the legacy of a vicious mu
Welcome to 1984 and the town of South Wakefield. Chris Lane is 14 and he's sure that he can see the future, or at least guess what's inside of Christie Brinkley's mind. But he can't foresee the closing of Joyland, the town's only video arcade. With the arcade's passing comes a summer of teenage lust