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Article: Stephen King adds painful authenticity to 'Duma Key'
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- Chicago Sun-Times
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- January 20, 2008
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DUMA KEY
By Stephen King
Scribner, 614 pages, $28
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Stephen King fans hungry for the best-selling author to write something scary again can finally eat their fill. After non-horrific, although still excellent, novels such as Lisey's Story and Blaze, King has delivered a superb fright fest with his latest, Duma Key.
Duma Key is the story of Edgar Freemantle, a happily married, prosperous businessman who is severely injured in an accident at a construction site. Edgar is a broken man after the incident; devastated by pain and finding it difficult to speak coherently, he is consumed with anger and eventually drives his wife away.
Edgar's doctor urges him to find something that makes ...