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Just After Sunset [Paperback]

Stephen King
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Book Description

1 Aug 2009

Just after sunset, as darkness grips the imagination, is the time when you feel the unexpected creep into the every day. As familiar journeys take a different turn, ordinary objects assume extraordinary powers.   


 


A blind intruder visits a dying man – and saves his life, with a kiss


 


A woman receives a phone call from her husband.  Her late husband.


 


In the emotional aftermath of her baby’s sudden death,   Emily starts running.  And running.  Her curiosity leads her right into the hands of a murderer....and soon her legs are her only hope for survival.


 


Enter a world of masterful suspense, dark comedy and thrilling twists which will keep you riveted from the first page.   Enter the world of No. 1 bestseller Stephen King.


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  • Paperback: 544 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (1 Aug 2009)
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0340977183
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340977187
  • Product Dimensions: 11.1 x 3.6 x 17.6 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 3.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (56 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,399,156 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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'Spooky, mysterious, gripping and satisfyingly scary' (Sunday Telegraph )

'His most accomplished work: 13 beautifully turned tales, no two of which are alike' (Daily Express )

'Highly visual, darkly comic, exceedingly disturbing'

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'King has the ability to capture the reader's imagination from the first page of each tale with his clever and terrifying storytelling. It is impossible to put the book down' (Sun )

'Nobody does it better than the master' (Time Out )

About the Author

Stephen King has written some forty books and novellas, including CARRIE, THE STAND and RITA HAYWORTH AND SHAWSHANK REDEMPTION (from the collection DIFFERENT SEASONS), BAG OF BONES, ON WRITING and most recently CELL, LISEY'S STORY and DUMA KEY. He wrote several novels under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, including BLAZE (June 2007). He won America's prestigious National Book Award and was voted Grand Master in the 2007 Edgar Allen Poe awards. He lives with his wife, novelist Tabitha King, in Maine, USA.

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85 of 93 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Just read the whole book in 24 hours - excellent 16 Nov 2008
Format:Hardcover
I might be biased as I am a Stephen King fanatic but these are his best short stories yet. If you enjoy his work you will love these. If you are new to Stephen King and not sure if you will like his stuff then I would recommend this set of short stories as an introduction. As King is getting older (he turned 60 this year) these stories have a running theme throughout of mortality and what kind of afterlife there could possibly be (In stories such as Willa, The New York Times at Special Bargain rates). He also has an uplifting story about September 11th - someone who survived who was meant to be in the twin towers and how he comes to terms with this. The Gingerbread Girl I think is the best story in the book - I couldn't put it down until I'd finished - a woman who has lost a child starts running and just runs away from all her problems only to find a bigger problem where her running comes in handy.
I don't want to give too much away but other themes are mid-life crisis (Stationary Bike), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (N), a cat from hell (!) nuclear bombs, and a story involving a porta - loo.

If you are a SK fan you probably already bought this, if not buy it if you like short stories, buy it if you like weird and wacky and stories, uplifting stories and stories that cause you to question the world.

I got this book yesterday and just finished it as I couldn't put it down
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars Not as good as I had hoped 12 Jun 2011
By Dr. Bojan Tunguz TOP 500 REVIEWER
Format:Hardcover
A few years ago I had read Everything's Eventual : 14 Dark Tales, a collection of 14 short stories by Stephen King. For years I had been a big fan of Stephen King's novels, and I had always enjoyed short stories as a genre. Therefore I was pleasantly surprised to find out that Stephen King is not only able to write book-long narrative thrillers, but was equally if not more at home with the constraints that short story imposes on the writer. I saw that King's writing style is in its own right a very compelling tool that he deftly uses to keep readers interested in the story, even there is nothing supernatural or out of this world in the narrative. This sentiment had led me to look forward to The Best American Short Stories 2007 collection for which Stephen King was a guest editor. However, this collection of short stories proved to be a complete disaster - the stories were some of the most boring and unimaginative that I have ever read in the Best American series of books. It had shaken my impression of King as someone who can truly appreciate a well-crafted short story, but I still believed that it bore no relation to his own writing ability. So when I came across this new collection of his own short stories, I was very eager to give it a try. The first red flag came in the introduction. It turns out that King was inspired to write this collection by his experience as the editor of "Best American Short Stories" collection. As I read through the stories my misgivings got confirmed. The stories, by and large, turned out to be the worst of the two worlds: they had all of the discursive, aimless rambling of some of King's longer works, and none of the shocking potency of immediacy of a short story. The characters find themselves in a variety of supernatural and otherwise strange situations, but for the most part we are not sympathetic enough to their plight to care what happens to them in the end. There were a couple of stories that I genuinely enjoyed, but overall this has been a rather disappointing reading experience. I still believe that Stephen King is a great writer of suspenseful stories that reflect on some of our deepest fears and anxieties, but this collection of short stories doesn't do justice to his talent.
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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
3.0 out of 5 stars SK has done better in past 7 Jan 2010
Format:Paperback
This is not as good a collection as Nightmares and Dreamscapes, Skeleton Crew etc. Stephen King seems to borrow more and more from his past unpublished works. It is eminently readable but does not linger on the consciousness as his better works do.
Being a huge fan, I set the standards pretty high for him and so will mark it as a mediocre compared to his other masterpieces.
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5.0 out of 5 stars The Gingerbread Girl
The Gingerbread Girl reads just like a movie in your head. It was so vivid in my mind it made me feel uneasy. That's why I love Stephen King. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Teresa Fortes
5.0 out of 5 stars King at his best
As a "constant reader" of Stephen King books I was brought this book as a present when it first came out. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Caro
5.0 out of 5 stars Shady stops on a highway
Great stories. Nervous and grim, but compasionate. Very well done. Steven King knows all of us, for good or bad. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Eva Schwanenflugel
3.0 out of 5 stars Stephen King Novel-Just After Sunset
This was a very cheap buy from Amazon-second hand and the cheapest I could find. The pages are a yellowing a little and the book was obviously quite old, but it was perfectly... Read more
Published 12 months ago by Lululu
5.0 out of 5 stars Welcome Back Stephen King
This is one of the best I have read. As I think someone said above, over the years he has gone off the boil a bit. Read more
Published 15 months ago by Gunnerlass
5.0 out of 5 stars Great - as always!
I love all Stephen King's writings, and thought I had a complete collection - this one must have slipped through the net. Great yarns.....!
Published 15 months ago by Carol-Ann
5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome !
Great read for any true King fan ! A lot short stories which are amazing to read, gives you an insight of how King visualizes. things
Published 18 months ago by john_dillinger
5.0 out of 5 stars Darkly humourous, SK at his best!
A very engaging and thoroughly enjoyable ride through the short story world of Stephen King. I must admit to enjoying the author's books to a significant degree, however, not all... Read more
Published 19 months ago by ROROBLU'S MUM
4.0 out of 5 stars Did you know this book is by STEVEN KING?
Some really smart, clever, atmospheric stories. Some plain boring, pointlessly ones. The tide just about leans over on the good side, thank god. Read more
Published 20 months ago by Britishwotsit
4.0 out of 5 stars OK through the night
Good set of short stories with some interesting ideas turned into tales for our delight!.. as a bonus he has included the inspiration for the stories.. Read more
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