- Hardcover: 440 pages
- Publisher: Pocket Books (July 1991)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 0671742264
- ISBN-13: 978-0671742263
- Product Dimensions: 22.4 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (16 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 537,991 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"It's McCammon's "The Prince of Tides".... Incredibly moving." -- Peter Straub
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Cory Mackenson is helping his father on his morning milk round when a car plunges into a lake. Cory's father makes an attempt to save the driver, but on reaching the sinking car comes face-to-face with a man handcuffed to the steering wheel. The author also wrote "Swan Song" and "Stinger".
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I first bought this book because i liked the front cover. it was all blues and greens and drew my eye immediately; but the story inside was so much more than the cover suggested. From the opening scene in which a young Cory Mackenson witnesses a car plunge into the lake of his home town you are drawn in as surely as that car is sucked into the deep. That single event has ramifications that echo throughout Cory's life and spark off a murder mystery that makes him doubt the very safety of his hometown. His father,who also witnessed the tragedy, is haunted by visions of the dead man he tried to save, and is caught in a battle of his own against these demons. Cory himself is going through his own rites of passage as he discovers the truth of the mystery and grows up with his friends. It is the friendship between Cory and his friends that really effected me; these are real boys, full of eagerness and youth and fantasies,and the events that change them and weather them, broke my heart. I wanted them to stay young and innocent and carefree forever, but that isnt life, and this story reminds you of that.
The way the townsfolk are described with such detail is also a favourite element of this book, with the naked son of the town Fat Cat and old mr. lightfoot my personal favourites.
The story of the murder mystery, once it actually unfolds, is clever and effecting and stayed with me for some time, with the things that were hinted at the most haunting of all.
This book is beautiful and intriguing and i would love for everyone to discover its magic. You will not regret taking the chance and reading this wonderful story,there are not enough words to honour it.
The way the townsfolk are described with such detail is also a favourite element of this book, with the naked son of the town Fat Cat and old mr. lightfoot my personal favourites.
The story of the murder mystery, once it actually unfolds, is clever and effecting and stayed with me for some time, with the things that were hinted at the most haunting of all.
This book is beautiful and intriguing and i would love for everyone to discover its magic. You will not regret taking the chance and reading this wonderful story,there are not enough words to honour it.
4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Format:Paperback
I bought this book as pretty much everyone who has ever read it told me it was one of the best books ever written. I have heard so many good things about the book that I just had to get it. That coupled with the fact that I had read and absolutely loved Swan Song meant I had to hunt this book down. I've got to say that this book is definately over rated. It was OK as a story and I have no actual complaints about it but I just found it very average. There was nothing in particular that I found gripping or particularly interesting and I just couldn't see why its so loved. So far I've read three books by Mccammon and in my opinion this was the worst. Try Swan Song or They Thirst.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
Format:Mass Market Paperback
There are probably better books than Mr McCammons little masterpiece but none as haunting and touching. Robert McCammon was obviously mainlining Bradbury whilst writing the book and sometimes the book comes across as a sequel to Dandelion Wine or Something wicked this way comes, with a bit of Stephen King's It thrown in....although thats hardly a criticism.
But be warned...you will cry.
But be warned...you will cry.
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