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The Talisman

Paperback / softback

Main Details

Title The Talisman
Authors and Contributors      By (author) Stephen King
By (author) Peter Straub
Physical Properties
Format:Paperback / softback
Pages:992
Dimensions(mm): Height 196,Width 130
Category/GenreHorror and ghost stories
ISBN/Barcode 9781409103868
ClassificationsDewey:813.6
Audience
General

Publishing Details

Publisher Orion Publishing Co
Imprint Orion (an Imprint of The Orion Publishing Group Ltd )
Publication Date 5 July 2012
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.

Author Biography

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine and won a scholarship award to the University of Maine and later taught English. It was the publication of his first novel, Carrie and its subsequent adaptation that set him on the way to over twenty years of world-wide bestsellerdom and his acclaimed position as the master of horror and suspense. Stephen King lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife Tabitha. www.stephenking.com Peter Straub was born and educated in Wisconsin and lived in Dublin and London before settling in New York. Author of a string of bestselling novels, he is the recipient of five Bram Stoker Awards and the two-times winner of the International Horror Guild Award. www.peterstraub.net

Reviews

One of the most brilliant and chilling thrillers of modern times ... a thrill-a-minute ghost train ride of a novel, filled with astonishingly vivid characters. Reading it is like holding on to a live electric wire. You may want to put it down, but you find that you can't * DAILY MAIL * Fabulous ... the ultimate in storytelling by two masters of the craft * INDEPENDENT ON SUNDAY * Chilling horror story or fantastic journey through a strange world ... the book works like ... well, like magic * DAILY MIRROR *