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Joyland / by Stephen King.

Summary:

Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.

Record details

  • ISBN: 9781781162644
  • ISBN: 1781162646
  • Physical Description: 283 pages ; 21 cm
  • Edition: First Hard Case Crime edition.
  • Publisher: London : Hard Case Crime/Titan Books, 2013.
Subject: City and town life > North Carolina > Fiction.
Amusement parks > Fiction.
Nineteen seventies > Fiction.
Carnivals > Fiction.
College students > Fiction.
Cold cases (Criminal investigation) > Fiction.
Murder > Investigation > Fiction.
Life change events > Fiction.
North Carolina > Fiction.
Genre: Mystery fiction.
Ghost stories.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Skagit Evergreen Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Swinomish Library District. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at La Conner Regional Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Status Due Date
La Conner Regional Library FIC KING 100076 FICTION Available -

Stephen King was born in Portland, Maine in 1947, the second son of Donald and Nellie Ruth Pillsbury King. He made his first professional short story sale in 1967 to Startling Mystery Stories. In the fall of 1973, he began teaching high school English classes at Hampden Academy, the public high school in Hampden, Maine. Writing in the evenings and on the weekends, he continued to produce short stories and to work on novels. In the spring of 1973, Doubleday & Co., accepted the novel Carrie for publication, providing him the means to leave teaching and write full-time. He has since published over 50 books and has become one of the world's most successful writers.

Stephen lives in Maine and Florida with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. They are regular contributors to a number of charities including many libraries and have been honored locally for their philanthropic activities.


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