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Stephen King "Misery" Red Leather Library

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Our Price: $39.00

Publisher: Book of the Month Club
Binding: Red Faux Leather

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Product Code: SKR125

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Stephen King Library (Viking Press), "Misery" New York. 1987. Hardcover 304 pages - Part of the Stephen King Library printed for members only with a limited print run -- bound in bright red faux leather with golden lettering on the spine and cover - ECRE parchment end papers - there is a facsimile signature of the author on the cover - archival quality paper was used to prevent premature aging - this edition is OUT OF PRINT and hard to find.

These red leather books were only available to people that signed up to the Stephen King Library many years ago. They were published by the Book of the Month Club and bound in faux leather with Stephen King's signature in gold on the front board. Now they have become collector's editions and are sought after by many King fans.

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Condition
Fine. Gold lettering on spine has not faded. No markings, writings, or stampings. No attached bookplates or signs of any removed. No torn or ripped pages. A wonderful bright clean copy. Tight binding without any separation. Clean & straight tan boards. Overall, the book exhibits excellent qualities and would make an wonderful addition to your Stephen King red leather library. Collector grade hardcover.

From Publishers Weekly
King'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 million first printing;

Product Description
After an automobile accident, novelist Paul Sheldon meets his biggest fan. Annie Wilkes is his nurse-and captor. Now, she wants Paul to write his greatest work-just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty...