{"product_id":"fairy-tale-9781399705417","title":"Fairy Tale","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cblockquote\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003eIn the novel \"Fairy Tale\" by Stephen King, a seventeen-year-old boy named Charlie Reade inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war. He meets a dog named Radar and her master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse who reveals that inside the shed is a portal to another world. King's storytelling in \"Fairy Tale\" soars, describing a magnificent and terrifying tale about good pitted against overwhelming evil. \u003c\/blockquote\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFormat\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eLength\u003c\/strong\u003e: 592 pages\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublication date\u003c\/strong\u003e: 06 September 2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hodder \u0026amp; Stoughton\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLegendary 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'Fairy Tale is vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying treat' - Guardian\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA blazing flash of creativity... \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKing's best book in over a decade' - Esquire\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCharlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSometimes strange sounds emerge from it. Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThen, 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWeight\u003c\/strong\u003e: 874g\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eDimension\u003c\/strong\u003e: 164 x 242 x 50 (mm)\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eISBN-13\u003c\/strong\u003e: 9781399705417\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":44097509458170,"sku":"9781399705417","price":15.71,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0522\/4297\/2845\/products\/1662736031813_book.jpg?v=1667911621","url":"https:\/\/shulphink.com\/products\/fairy-tale-9781399705417","provider":"Shulph Ink","version":"1.0","type":"link"}