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Cell
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Product Details:
Author: Stephen King
Hardcover:
384
pages
Publisher:
SCRIBNER
PUBLISHING (January 24,
2006)
ISBN-10:
0743292332
ASIN:
B000JSDPQO
Product Dimensions:
9.2 x 6.4 x
1.5 inches
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Synopsis:
Witness
Stephen King's triumphant, blood-spattered return to the genre that
made him famous. Cell, the king of horror's homage to zombie films
(the book is dedicated in part to George A. Romero) is his goriest,
most horrific novel in years, not to mention the most intensely paced.
Casting aside his love of elaborate character and town histories and
penchant for delayed gratification, King yanks readers off their feet
within the first few pages; dragging them into the fray and offering
no chance catch their breath until the very last page.
In Cell
King taps into readers fears of technological warfare and terrorism.
Mobile phones deliver the apocalypse to millions of unsuspecting
humans by wiping their brains of any humanity, leaving only aggressive
and destructive impulses behind. Those without cell phones, like
illustrator Clayton Riddell and his small band of "normies," must
fight for survival, and their journey to find Clayton's estranged wife
and young son rockets the book toward resolution.
Fans that
have followed King from the beginning will recognize and appreciate
Cell as a departure--King's writing has not been so pure of heart and
free of hang-ups in years (wrapping up his phenomenal Dark Tower
series and receiving a medal from the National Book Foundation doesn't
hurt either). "Retirement" clearly suits King, and lucky for us,
having nothing left to prove frees him up to write frenzied, juiced-up
horror-thrillers like Cell.
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