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Doctor Sleep
by King, Stephen
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Near Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1476727651
- ISBN 13
- 9781476727653
- Seller
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Palm Desert, California, United States
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About This Item
New York: Scribner, 2013. A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Near Fine. Near fine in a near fine unclipped dust jacket,
Synopsis
Stephen King returns to the characters and territory of one of his most popular novels ever, The Shining , in this instantly riveting novel about the now middle-aged Dan Torrance (the boy protagonist of The Shining ) and the very special twelve-year-old girl he must save from a tribe of murderous paranormals. On highways across America, a tribe of people called The True Knot travel in search of sustenance. They look harmlessâÈ'mostly old, lots of polyester, and married to their RVs. But as Dan Torrance knows, and spunky twelve-year-old Abra Stone learns, The True Knot are quasi-immortal, living off the âÈêsteamâÈë that children with the âÈêshiningâÈë produce when they are slowly tortured to death. Haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel where he spent one horrific childhood year, Dan has been drifting for decades, desperate to shed his fatherâÈçs legacy of despair, alcoholism, and violence. Finally, he settles in a New Hampshire town, an AA community that sustains him, and a job at a nursing home where his remnant âÈêshiningâÈë power provides the crucial final comfort to the dying. Aided by a prescient cat, he becomes âÈêDoctor Sleep.âÈë Then Dan meets the evanescent Abra Stone, and it is her spectacular gift, the brightest shining ever seen, that reignites DanâÈçs own demons and summons him to a battle for AbraâÈçs soul and survival. This is an epic war between good and evil, a gory, glorious story that will thrill the millions of hyper-devoted fans of The Shining and wildly satisfy anyone new to the territory of this icon in the King canon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004304
- Title
- Doctor Sleep
- Author
- King, Stephen
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- A First Edition, First Printing 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 1476727651
- ISBN 13
- 9781476727653
- Publisher
- Scribner
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 2013
- Pages
- 531
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
Biblio member since 2017
Palm Desert, California
About James Graham, Bookseller, ABAA
Specializing in Modern First Editions, including many signed copies
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