Diverse Hodder And Stoughton Belletristik Fairy Tale

Fairy Tale: The No. 1 Sunday Times Bestseller

' Fairy Tale is vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying treat' - Guardian 'A blazing flash of creativity . . . King's best book in over a decade' - Esquire Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher - for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her ageing master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it. Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world. King's storytelling in Fairy Tale soars. This is a magnificent and terrifying tale about another world than ours, in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy - and his dog - must lead the battle.

' Fairy Tale is vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying treat' - Guardian 'A blazing flash of creativity . . . King's best book in over a decade' - Esquire Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher - for their world or ours. Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her ageing master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it. Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world. King's storytelling in Fairy Tale soars. This is a magnificent and terrifying tale about another world than ours, in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy - and his dog - must lead the battle.

Der legendäre Geschichtenerzähler Stephen King taucht in diesem fesselnden Roman in den tiefsten Brunnen seiner Fantasie ein. Es geht um einen siebzehnjährigen Jungen, der die Schlüssel zu einer parallelen Welt erbt, in der Gut und Böse im Krieg sind, und die Einsätze könnten für ihre Welt oder unsere nicht höher sein. Charlie Reade sieht aus wie ein ganz normaler Schüler, grossartig im Baseball und Football, ein anständiger Schüler. Doch er trägt eine schwere Last. Seine Mutter wurde bei einem Unfall mit Fahrerflucht getötet, als er zehn war, und die Trauer trieb seinen Vater zum Trinken. Charlie lernte, wie man sich selbst und seinen Vater versorgt. Dann, als Charlie siebzehn ist, trifft er einen Hund namens Radar und seinen alternden Besitzer, Howard Bowditch, einen Einsiedler in einem grossen Haus auf einem hohen Hügel, mit einem verschlossenen Schuppen im Garten. Manchmal kommen seltsame Geräusche daraus. Charlie beginnt, für Mr. Bowditch zu arbeiten, und verliebt sich in Radar. Als Bowditch stirbt, hinterlässt er Charlie ein Kassettenband, auf dem eine Geschichte erzählt wird, die niemand glauben würde. Was Bowditch weiss und sein ganzes Leben lang geheim gehalten hat, ist, dass sich im Schuppen ein Portal zu einer anderen Welt befindet. Kings Erzählkunst in "Fairy Tale" erreicht neue Höhen. Dies ist eine grossartige und erschreckende Geschichte über eine andere Welt als unsere, in der das Gute gegen überwältigendes Böse kämpft, und ein heldenhafter Junge und sein Hund die Schlacht anführen müssen.