Binding: Hardcover
Dewey Decimal Number: 813.54
EAN: 9781416552512
ISBN: 1416552510
Label: Scribner
Manufacturer: Scribner
Number Of Items: 1
Number Of Pages: 592
Publication Date: 2008-01-22
Publisher: Scribner
Studio: Scribner

NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE.

BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...

A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else:

"Edgar, does anything make you happy?"

"I used to sketch."

"Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night."

Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating.

The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying.

Customer Rating:
Summary: Duma Key by Stephen King
Comment: I'm a King fan but lets face it all the stuff he has written has not been up to his GOOD work. Duma Key should go down as one of his better than GOOD work. Character development, plot and conclusion all work together like a symphony. This book has a BIG story to tell and it's not a short story. I was all INTO it from start to finish. You will not be disappointed in this book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: A very nice book to read !
Comment: You can say that Duma Key is not the best book of Mr King but I can tell you that it is a very nice book to read.
As a constant reader of my favourite author I can say that it is another good joyride you are going through.
The first half is the best. The ending is not good enough but....it's Stephen King. So enjoy it.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Best King Book In Years!
Comment: Stephen King once said that his works were the literary equivilent of "a Big Mac and fries". I could not disagree more. In the long run, I think Mr. King will be considered one of the more important writers of our time. He is a master at suspense, character development, and pacing. Duma Key ranks up there with some of his other masterpieces (the Stand, the Shining, It...)

The characters in Duma Key are so well developed. In some cases, Wireman and Elizabeth Eastlake may be the best King has come up with. I totally was hooked by them, cared about them, and genuienly wanted to find out what was coming. The setting of the Florida Keys in a breath of fresh air, considering most of King's works are set in Maine and New England. I love the ending at the delapidated mansion....just wonderful! I can't recommend it enough!

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Durma Key
Comment: Great book by Stephen King. One of his better books in the last few years. His characters and story telling is back in this book.

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Customer Rating:
Summary: Chilly Keys
Comment: Duma Key: A Novel

The chill is back. Though always enjoyable and masterful, it has been awhile since I got a real creepy chill reading a Stephen King Novel. Duma Key accomplishes this on more than one occasion. Vintage King with intriging characters and spectacular storylines. I couldn't put this book down for the last two hundred pages. My kindle thumb did not want to wait for my eyes to finish the page.

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