Publisher Description

Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell.But it is not quite what the police had expected.Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make . . .She will take her time. Won't be hurried. Will do it her way, sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else's.This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness.Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you'd better pay attention - or else.

Author Biography

Stephen King has been described by the Guardian as 'one of the greatest storytellers of our time', by the Mirror as a 'genius' and by The Sunday Times as 'one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.' In 2003, he was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA.

Review

King - the master of his craft. - Sydney Morning Herald It is fair to say Stephen King is a thriller writer who regularly takes his readers beyond the realms of anything they've read. - The Daily Telegraph The horror specialist. - Herald Sun Only a handful of authors regularly enter the New York Times bestseller list at No. 1, and King is one of them. - The Sunday Telegraph [Stephen King s] a genius at capturing the small-town American psyche and his characters, good, bad and insane always command the attention. - Good Reading'A compelling masterpiece' - Sunday Telegraph'King deploys his talents to formidable effect . . . the tension is unrelenting and the narrator/heroine with her vivid colloquialisms and her sharp, homespun wit, is a tour du force of authorial ventriloquy. This is a work not just of imagination but of genuine pathos.' - Daily Telegraph

Promotional

Hodder are boosting Stephen King's backlist with new covers, new author brand lettering and a marketing campaign which directs readers to the right King title for them.

Long Description

Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell.But it is not quite what the police had expected.Dolores Claiborne has a confession to make . . .She will take her time. Won't be hurried. Will do it her way, sparing neither details nor feelings. Hers or anyone else's.This is the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. Truth that takes you to the edge of darkness.Dolores Claiborne has a story to tell and you'd better pay attention - or else.

Review Quote

King - the master of his craft. - Sydney Morning HeraldIt is fair to say Stephen King is a thriller writer who regularly takes his readers beyond the realms of anything they've read. - The Daily TelegraphThe horror specialist. - Herald SunOnly a handful of authors regularly enter the New York Times bestseller list at No. 1, and King is one of them. - The Sunday Telegraph[Stephen King s] a genius at capturing the small-town American psyche and his characters, good, bad and insane always command the attention. - Good Reading'A compelling masterpiece' - Sunday Telegraph'King deploys his talents to formidable effect . . . the tension is unrelenting and the narrator/heroine with her vivid colloquialisms and her sharp, homespun wit, is a tour du force of authorial ventriloquy. This is a work not just of imagination but of genuine pathos.' - Daily Telegraph

Promotional "Headline"

Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader - between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King's books in a wonderful new livery. DOLORES CLAIBORNE is a THRILLING SUSPENSE novel, described by the Sunday Telegraph as 'a compelling masterpiece'.

Description for Sales People

Which King title should I read first, and which next? Hodder answer the question by grouping the backlist into categories of 5-7 titles, published over a year; this category features five of his most powerful suspense novels.

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