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Misery

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766 Reviews
Penguin, Jun 3, 1988 - Fiction - 352 pages
After an automobile accident, novelist Paul Sheldon meets his biggest fan. Annie Wilkes is his nurse-and captor. Now, she wants Paul to write his greatest work-just for her. She has a lot of ways to spur him on. One is a needle. Another is an ax. And if they don't work, she can get really nasty...

  

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brilliant book from a fabulous writer.XXX - weRead
Bit of a ridiculous ending but still very scarey! - weRead
one of the best in terms of plot and obsession. - weRead
A real page turner, start to finish. - weRead
I could not bear any more pain for that poor writer. - weRead
As always, excellent story telling. - weRead

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User Review  - Josh - Goodreads

This is my first Stephen King book and I really enjoyed it. This book is set in Colorado and is about an author named Pual Sheldon who gets into a car crash after writting his newest novel (Fast Cars ... Read full review

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User Review  - David Roberts - Goodreads

I am reviewing the novel Misery by Stephen King which is an excellent horror story which I bought from a car boot sale. I saw the film to this at the cinema when it first came out and it features a ... Read full review

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Contents

CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 1
CHAPTER 2
CHAPTER 4
CHAPTER 5
CHAPTER 6
CHAPTER 32
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Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent novel "11/22/63" was named a top ten book of 2011 by "The New York Times Book Review" and won the "Los Angeles Times "Prize. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King. Peter Straub is the "New York Times" bestselling author of more than a dozen novels, most recently "A Dark Matter". He has three times won the Bram Stoker Award. He lives in New York City.

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