Terrifying
and, as always, brilliantly-crafted tale, you won't be left wanting. But you
may be left scared. (Sun)
A
magnificent sequel to one of the finest horror yarns written. . . Brilliant.
(Daily Express)
Highly
anticipated sequel to his bestselling 1977 novel The Shining. (Daily
Express Saturday Mag)
Stephen
Kings Doctor Sleep is an epic tale of
good versus evil. Nothing new for a Stephen King book there then, but what has
been grabbing the attention of King fans, even more than usual, is that Doctor
Sleep is a return to the world of Danny Torrance; a sequel to The Shining.
King said
that he wanted to know what happened to Danny, the kid on the tricycle, after
his terrifying ordeal at the Overlook Hotel and Doctor Sleep provides the answer by picking up with Danny’s story,
now that he is middle aged and working in a hospice in New Hampshire.
Now known as
Dan and still haunted by the inhabitants of the Overlook Hotel, the now middle
aged man has been drifting for decades through the legacy of his father’s alcoholism
and violence until he eventually settles in New Hampshire. Dan cleans himself
up with, with help from an Alcoholics Anonymous community and gets a job at a
local hospice where, what’s left of his ‘shining’ powers help him to give
comfort to the dying.
