Misery.

KING, Stephen.

$2,500.00

Item Number: 144494

New York: The Viking Press, 1987.

First edition of this “classic King…full of twists and turns and mounting suspense” (Boston Globe). Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed by the author on the title page, “Stephen King 1/12/88.” Fine in a fine dust jacket. Jacket design by Neil Stuart.

"Misery is a novel that would probably demand considerable interest even were it not from the writing phenomenon that is Stephen KingThis book is built on a single cliff and hangs there throughout its length. But the novel functions as well on a more sophisticated level. King evokes the image of Scheherazade. He muses on the literature of possession and the idea that art is an act in which the artist willingly becomes captive" (New York Times). Basis for the 1990 Rob Reiner directed film starring James Caan, Kathy Bates, Lauren Bacall, Richard Farnsworth, and Frances Sternhagen. Bates won the 1990 Academy Award for Best Actress for her role.