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Article: Books: Get rid of the ghouls Charles Shaar Murray opts for reality over fantasy
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- The Independent (London, England)
- Article date:
- September 25, 1999
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Copyright informationCopyright 1999 The Independent - London. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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ACCORDING TO his publishers, Stephen King is the world's best-
selling author as well as one of the most prolific. He's written over
30 novels since Carrie, and Hearts In Atlantis is his second this
year.
Weighing in at a mere 213 pages, its immediate predecessor, The
Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon, was positively miniaturist. Its scenario -
young girl lost in woods with only a radio for company - could be
scribbled on a matchbook. Hearts In Atlantis, by contrast, is the
traditional King doorstop, with a big subject to match: the Vietnam
war as the nexus of the lives of assorted characters during the last
four decades of the century.
For a man who made his name and his millions as a ...
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