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Article: King, Stephen. Dreamcatcher.(Book Review)(Young Adult Review)(Brief Article)
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- May 1, 2002
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Pocket Books. 882p. c2001 0-7434-3627-X. $7.99. A
King has done it again, This time four boyhood friends from Maine (where else?) reunite in adulthood for a visit to their favorite backwoods haunt. Since childhood, these four--Henry, Pete, Jonsell, and Beav--have been telepathically linked. Now in middle age, they are replete with mid-life crises. Henry flirts with suicide, Pete is drowning in beer, Beav has problems in love, and Jonsey is having premonitions that are freaking him out.
Isolated in their cabin in the woods, the four become prey for an invasion of aliens--not sylph-like Spielberg creations but squirmy, furry, eel-like creatures with a nest ...