The Dark Half

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Stephen King: The Dark Half (Hardcover, 1989, Viking)

Hardcover, 431 pages

English language

Published Sept. 22, 1989 by Viking.

ISBN:
978-0-670-82982-8
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OCLC Number:
19974111

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When Thad Beaumont wakes to the nightmare of George Stark, he hears birds, thousands of them, all cheeping and twittering at the same time, and with the sound comes a presentiment full of memory and foreboding: The sparrows are flying again.

Thad Beaumont is a writer, and for a dozen years he secretly published novels under the name of "George Stark" because he was no longer able to write under his own name. He even invented a slightly sinister author biography to satisfy the many fans of Stark's violent bestsellers. But Thad is a healthier and happier man now, the father of infant twins, and starting to write as himself again. He no longer needs George Stark, and in fact has a good reason to lay Stark to rest. So, with nationwide publicity, a bit of guilt, and a good deal of relief, the pseudonym is retired. …

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Subjects

  • American Novelists
  • Murder
  • Violence
  • Fiction
  • Castle Rock, Maine (Imaginary place)
  • Supernatural
  • Castle Rock (Me. : Imaginary place)
  • Extortion
  • Horror tales

Places

  • Maine