جزییات کتاب
A dark and electrifying novel about addiction,fanaticism, and what might exist on the other side oflife.In a small New England town, over half a century ago, ashadow falls over a small boy playing with his toysoldiers. Jamie Morton looks up to see a striking man,the new minister. Charles Jacobs, along with hisbeautiful wife, will transform the local church. The menand boys are all a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; thewomen and girls feel the same about Reverend Jacobs—including Jamie’s mother and beloved sister, Claire. WithJamie, the Reverend shares a deeper bond based on asecret obsession. When tragedy strikes the Jacobsfamily, this charismatic preacher curses God, mocks allreligious belief, and is banished from the shocked town.Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar fromthe age of 13, he plays in bands across the country,living the nomadic lifestyle of bar-band rock and rollwhile fleeing from his family’s horrific loss. In his mid-thirties—addicted to heroin, stranded, desperate—Jamiemeets Charles Jacobs again, with profoundconsequences for both men. Their bond becomes a pactbeyond even the Devil’s devising, and Jamie discoversthat revival has many meanings.This rich and disturbing novel spans five decades on itsway to the most terrifying conclusion Stephen King hasever written. It’s a masterpiece from King, in the greatAmerican tradition of Frank Norris, NathanielHawthorne, and Edgar Allan Poe.
درباره نویسنده
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استیون ادوین کینگ (به انگلیسی: Stephen Edwin King)، معروف به استیون کینگ (زادهٔ ۲۱ سپتامبر ۱۹۴۷) نویسندهٔ آمریکایی خالق بیش از ۲۰۰ اثر ادبی در گونههای وحشت و خیالپردازی است.