- Horror tales, Fiction, Horror, Horror fiction
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop she lashes out at him with deadly consequences. Still handcuffed, she is trapped and alone. Painful memories from her childhood bedevil her. Her only company is a hungry stray dog and the sundry voices that populate her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her imagination or if she has another companion: someone watching her from the corner of her dark bedroom. ([source][1]) [1]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/gerald_s_game.html
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- gravecomic
- warmbleak
- contemporarynostalgic
- sparerichly built
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- Author
- Stephen King
- First published
- December 31, 1992
- Pages
- 399
- Publisher
- New English Library, RBA, Penguin USA, Inc.
- Editions
- 56
- Language
- Polish, Russian, English, German
- ISBN
- 9781508217084
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“Jessie could hear the back door banging lightly, randomly, in the October breeze blowing around the house.”
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. His books have sold more than 350 million copies, and many have been adapted into films, television series, miniseries, and comic books. King has published 63 novels, including seven under the pen name Richard Bachman, and five non-fiction books. He has also written approximately 200 short stories, most of which have been published in book collections. King has received Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and British Fantasy Society Awards. In 2003, the National Book Foundation awarded him the Medal for Distinguished Contribution to A
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