Joyland

Stephen King

Apr 2014 · The Hard Case Crime Book 2 · Titan Books (US, CA)

About this eBook

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 murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.

"I love crime, I love mysteries, and I love ghosts. That combo made Hard Case Crime the perfect venue for this book, which is one of my favorites. I also loved the paperbacks I grew up with as a kid, and for that reason, we’re going to hold off on e-publishing this one for the time being. Joyland will be coming out in paperback, and folks who want to read it will have to buy the actual book." –Stephen King

Ratings and reviews

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Forgot I'd read this book before and wasted my money buying it again. I've been reading his books for many years. I'm afraid the older he gets the worse his books are.

I think my fav short novella of mr king's is blaze a R.B story...he will go down in history as one of the best and most loved writers of our time...for decades his imagination has entertained us and taken us away...I first started reading S K in grade 5...IT ...was my first, almost 2,000 pages I think,? I was hooked and read everything after ,stand by me is epic also, he can scare you then make you laugh and cry...simply the best, anything else is a copy of his work...I have yet to find another story teller I like

About the author

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers.

Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.