{"product_id":"misery","title":"Misery","description":"\u003cp\u003eSTEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all worldwide bestsellers.  His recent titles include Billy Summers, described in \u003ci\u003eThe Sunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e  as 'A dazzlingly shapeshifting novel . . . equally good at action scenes and in-depth psychology', \u003ci\u003eThe Institute\u003c\/i\u003e, which was described by the \u003ci\u003eSunday Express \u003c\/i\u003eas a 'masterpiece', \u003ci\u003eThe Outsider\u003c\/i\u003e (voted winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for best Mystery and Thriller 2018), and \u003ci\u003eIf It Bleeds.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eMany of his titles have been turned into celebrated films, TV series and streamed events including \u003ci\u003eIT\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMisery\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Shawshank Redemption \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Stand By Me\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eKing was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of the true classics of psychological suspense, about a writer and his No. 1 fan, now with a stunning new cover look.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePaul Sheldon used to write for a living. Now he's writing to stay alive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  Misery Chastain is dead.  Paul Sheldon has just killed her - with relief, with joy.  Misery made him rich; she was the heroine of a string of bestsellers.  And now he wants to get on to some \u003ci\u003e\u003cu\u003ereal\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e writing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  That's when the car accident happens, and he wakes up splinted and in pain, in the remote mountain home of his rescuer, Annie Wilkes. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  The good news is that Annie was a nurse and has pain-killing drugs.  The bad news is that she has long been Paul's Number One Fan.  And when she finds out what Paul has done to Misery, she doesn't like it.  She doesn't like it at all . . .\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. MISERY is a THRILLING SUSPENSE novel, regarded as one of Stephen King's timeless masterpieces.\u003c\/p\u003eThis terrifying story of imprisonment by a demented fan is one of the greatest thrillers ever writtenNot since Dickens has a writer had so many readers by the throatKing's new novel, about a writer held hostage by his self-proclaimed \"number-one fan,'' is unadulteratedly terrifying. Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident; rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes, he slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death. Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular protagonist of his Misery series and Annie, who has a murderous past, wants her back. Keeping the paralyzed Sheldon prisoner, she forces him to revive the character in a continuation of the series, and she reads each page as it comes out of the typewriter; there is a joyously Dickensian novel within a novel here, and it appears in faded typescript. Studded among the frightening moments are sparkling reflections on the writer and his audience, on the difficulties, joys and responsibilities of being a storyteller, on the nature of the muse, on the differences between \"serious'' and \"popular'' writing. Sheldon is a revealingly autobiographical figure; Annie is not merely a monster but is subtly and often touchingly portrayed, allowing hostage and keeper a believable, if twisted, relationship. The best parts of this novel demand that we take King seriously as a writer with a deeply felt understanding of human psychology.One of the greatest thrillers ever writtenIt's being on this familiar territory that makes his fictions so addictive. It's so good you just want moreA writer of excellenceKing at his best . . . a winnerThis terrifying story of imprisonment by a demented fan is one of the greatest thrillers ever writtenNot since Dickens has a writer had so many readers by the throatKing's new novel, about a writer held hostage by his self-proclaimed \"number-one fan,'' is unadulteratedly terrifying. Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident; rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes, he slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death. Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular protagonist of his Misery series and Annie, who has a murderous past, wants her back. Keeping the paralyzed Sheldon prisoner, she forces him to revive the character in a continuation of the series, and she reads each page as it comes out of the typewriter; there is a joyously Dickensian novel within a novel here, and it appears in faded typescript. Studded among the frightening moments are sparkling reflections on the writer and his audience, on the difficulties, joys and responsibilities of being a storyteller, on the nature of the muse, on the differences between \"serious'' and \"popular'' writing. Sheldon is a revealingly autobiographical figure; Annie is not merely a monster but is subtly and often touchingly portrayed, allowing hostage and keeper a believable, if twisted, relationship. The best parts of this novel demand that we take King seriously as a writer with a deeply felt understanding of human psychology.A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novelOne of the great storytellers of our time'America's greatest living novelist''[A] genius for storytelling'","brand":"Crosswordbooks.uae","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42137579389003,"sku":"BK0002082","price":67.0,"currency_code":"AED","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0646\/4877\/3707\/files\/hachette-uk-books-default-title-misery-reissue-paperback-king-stephen-40359586103513.jpg?v=1770794742","url":"https:\/\/crosswordbooks.ae\/products\/misery","provider":"Crossword Dubai","version":"1.0","type":"link"}