Dolores Claiborne

Extended Description and Notes

Dolores Claiborne is a 1992 psychological thriller novel by Stephen King. The novel is narrated by the title character. Atypically for a King novel, it has no chapters, double-spacing between paragraphs, or other section breaks; thus the text is a single continuous narrative which reads like the transcription of a spoken monologue. It was the best selling novel of 1992 in the United States.

The book is dedicated to King's mother: "For my mother, Ruth Pillsbury King."[2]

Bookseller

Adventures in Books (US)

Bookseller's Inventory #

36

Title

Dolores Claiborne

Author

Stephen King

Book Condition

Used - Fine

Jacket Condition

Near Fine

Quantity Available

1

Edition

First

Binding

Hardcover

ISBN 10

0670844527

ISBN 13

9780670844524

Publisher

Viking Press

Place of Publication

New York

Date Published

1993

Bookseller catalogs

Thriller;

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