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by Stephen King (Author)
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  • Paperback: 704 pages
  • Publisher: Hodder Paperbacks (12 Jul 2007)
  • Language English
  • ISBN-10: 034089895X
  • ISBN-13: 978-0340898956
  • Product Dimensions: 17.8 x 10.6 x 4.8 cm
  • Average Customer Review: 2.7 out of 5 stars See all reviews (92 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 50,134 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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Review

‘Popular novelist Dickens is an apt comparison – stands among the best things that this formidable writer has done’

(Sam Leith, Saturday Telegraph )

‘Thrilling, genuinely terrifying, beautifully textured and full of wonderful invention’

(Daily Mail )

'Stephen King’s career-best novel, LISEY'S STORY, a psychological thriller of extraordinary sensitivity that takes the reader deep into the dark places in us all’

(Matt Thorne, Independent on Sunday )

'Up there with his finest ... Please don't ever give up writing, Stephen King'

(Evening Standard )

‘King is the greatest popular novelist of our day, comparable to Dickens – and one of the reasons for his pre-eminence is that (like Dickens) he keeps his readers with him all the time...A consummate and compassionate novel – one of King’s very best'

(Toby Litt, Guardian )

'A wondrous novel of marriage, a love story steeped in strength and tenderness, and cast with the most vivid, touching and believable characters in recent literature . . . A dazzling novel that you'll thank yourself for reading long after the final page is turned.' (Nicholas Sparks )

'Accomplished . . . unputdownable . . . his mesmerising best' (Observer on BAG OF BONES )

'An incredibly gifted storyteller' (Guardian )

‘Contains some of the most powerful and affecting passages that King has ever written’

(Barry Forshaw, Daily Express )

'The true narrative artist is a rare creature. Storytelling - the ability to make the listener or the reader need to know, demand to know, what happens next - is a gift...Stephen King, like Charles Dickens before him, has this gift in spades.' (The Times on CELL )

‘King has that rare skill of making you believe it could happen’ (Sydney Morning Herald on CELL )

'Gory, extremely entertaining and with a plot to imagine oneself in, this is another winner from the cellphone-avoiding horror master' (Daily News, New Zealand on CELL )

'A cracking good story with a sting in its tale' (Herald Sun, Australia )

'This is a roller-coaster ride that will thrill many' (Sydney Morning Herald )

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Every marriage has two hearts, one light and one dark.

Lisey knew it when she first fell for Scott. And now he's dead, she knows it for sure.

Lisey was the light to Scott Landon's dark for twenty-five years. As his wife, only she saw the truth behind the public face of the famous author - that he was a haunted man whose bestselling novels were based on a terrifying reality.

Now Scott has gone, Lisey wants to lock herself away with her memories. But the fans have other ideas. And when the sinister threats begin, Lisey realises that, just as Scott depended on her strength - her light - to live, so she will have to draw on his darkness to survive.



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17 of 18 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars One of King's finest?, 16 Oct 2006
This review is from: Lisey's Story (Hardcover)
At first I had reservations about Lisey's story. Those others of King's books told from a female perspective (Gerald's Game, Dolores Claiborne, Rose Madder) are amongst my least favourite of his novels. Thus, I was prepared to be disappointed - and, initially, I was.

The story is told as two narrative threads - firstly, in the present day, secondly as a series of memories from the heroine of the story - Lisey Landon, wife of the deceased author Scott Landon. Scott Landon who had troubles of his own - many of which seem to mirror King in real life.

Ultimately, however, one starts to care about the characters, and age and near-death has certainly not dulled King's ability to describe the minutiae of life in such absorbing detail. By the end of the story, the characters - and the portrayal of the twenty-five year marriage - between Scott and Lisey seemed real, and the feelings - although not the events - described could mirror any long marriage.

There are also enough references to others of Kings works to keep the hardened fan happy. Deputies Ridgewick and Clutterbuck from Needful Things make appearances, the Territories are never far away, and there's also mention of a little place called Shooters Knob, Tennessee.

If there is a downside - and why I haven't given five stars for this review - it is because there is nothing entirely new here. There are shades of Rose Madder, The Talisman and at least one of the stories in Four Past Midnight... but King, at his literary best, is still the best around. Despite his so-called retirement after his near-fatal accident, King seems as prolific as ever and, with other books apparently in the pipeline, I hope that they are as enjoyable as this.
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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Great work from King, 26 Oct 2006
This review is from: Lisey's Story (Hardcover)
2006 has been a great year for masters of the supernatural horror genre, but until now the master of them all hasn't put in a worthwhile appearance. Well that's all changed and how!
After a mildly disappointing recent effort by his own standards with this years earlier novel "The Cell" King was being overshadowed by the likes of Scott Smith, James Herbert and Cormac McCarthy. But now he's back to show everyone who exactly who does it best. Lisey's Story has a great many of the attributes a true fan of SK would associate with his work. There's the character Scott Landon who just happens to be an author for starters!
Anyway the story follows Lisey who was the great love of Scott Landon's life before his passing two years before the book begins. Well with Scott six feet under and Lisey all alone and mourning, along comes one of King's truly evil characters in the shape of Jimmy Dooley. Anxious to get his hands on Scott's unpublished works, this man will stop at nothing. King has brought wonderful dialogue, tension, suspense and all of the trademarks from his best work to the table in Lisey's Story. Essentially a fairly uncomplex storyline, the book's strength lies as always in the immense investment the author puts into his characters. Lisey's sister Amanda talking to her in the voice of her dead husband is a delightful intricacy for example. Every single one of the characters (no matter how minor they may seem at first) is multi-layered. Every line of dialogue is carefully fashioned, and every narrative paints a picture the reader can't fail to visualise in their minds eye. There have been many of Stephen King's books of late that have been referred to as a return to form. Personally I don't think he ever really lost it. If every book is a return to form then surely the form was never lost in the first place? The competition might be getting stronger, but no one is quite ready to knock the master from his rightful place atop the mountain of horror and suspense. At 528 pages there is enough here to keep a reader occupied and enthralled for a fair few hours, days or weeks depending on whether you want to rush it or savour it. One thing's for sure though. No matter how long it takes to read, it's worth every penny.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars still leaps & bounds better than most, 24 Feb 2008
The first third of LISEY'S STORY was an uncharacteristic struggle for me. Normally I can't wait to dig into a new King novel, which explains all the fat & impressive hard covers I have sitting on my bookshelf. But this was different: here was the master of the macabre doing a love story. One with a heroine who could qualify for the sr. citizen's discounts, no less. It left me uneasy.

Had one of my favorite authors finally gotten so long in the tooth that his way of relating to me was through a late-50-something widow who substituted 'smuck/smucker/smucking' for `f_ck/f_cker/f_cking'? If so, could I hang in there and follow the path he'd laid out with incredible words & imagery? Yes and yes.

And by the middle of Lisey's Story, little Lisey Landon and Scott Landon (novelist extraordinaire), were warmly welcomed into the `king literary wing' of my memory.

Is it my favorite King novel? No. But it's still leaps & bounds better than many of its genre.
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