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If it bleeds / Stephen King.
This is an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas - "Mr. Harrigan's Phone," "The Life of Chuck," "Rat," and "If It Bleeds" - each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places.
"A collection of four uniquely wonderful long stories, including a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider. News people have a saying: 'If it bleeds, it leads'. And a bomb at Albert Macready Middle School is guaranteed to lead any bulletin. Holly Gibney of the Finders Keepers detective agency is working on the case of a missing dog - and on her own need to be more assertive - when she sees the footage on TV. But when she tunes in again, to the late-night report, she realizes there is something not quite right about the correspondent who was first on the scene. So begins 'If It Bleeds' , a stand-alone sequel to The Outsider featuring the incomparable Holly on her first solo case. Dancing alongside are three more long stories - 'Mr Harrigan's Phone', 'The Life of Chuck' and 'Rat' . The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer." -- goodreads.com
Record details
- ISBN: 9781982137977 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 436 pages ; 25 cm
- Edition: First Scribner hardcover edition.
- Publisher: New York, New York : Scribner, 2020.
- Copyright: ©2020
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "New Fiction" -- front cover |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Mr. Harrigan's phone -- The life of Chuck -- If it bleeds -- Rat. |
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| Subject: | Short stories, American Horror tales, American Friendship > Fiction Future life > Fiction Intergenerational relations > Fiction Authors > Fiction Ambition > Fiction |
| Genre: | Short stories. Horror fiction. Novellas. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Terrace Public Library | KIN (Text) | 35151001104835 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Checked out | 2024-05-08 |
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The award-winning literary master presents a collection of four novella-length tales, complementing the title piece with the stories, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck and Rat. One million first printing. - Baker & Taylor
Presents a collection of four novella-length tales, complementing the title piece with the stories, Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, and Rat. - Baker & Taylor
The award-winning literary master presents a collection of four novella-length tales, complementing the title piece with the stories, Mr. Harriganâs Phone, The Life of Chuck and Rat. Simultaneous. - Simon and Schuster
From #1 New York Times bestselling author, legendary storyteller, and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new and compelling novellas'Mr. Harrigan's Phone, The Life of Chuck, Rat, and the title story If It Bleeds'each pulling you into intriguing and frightening places.
The novella is a form King has returned to over and over again in the course of his amazing career, and many have been made into iconic films, including 'the Body' (Stand By Me) and 'Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption' (Shawshank Redemption). Like Four Past Midnight, Different Seasons, and most recently Full Dark, No Stars, If It Bleeds is a uniquely satisfying collection of longer short fiction by an incomparably gifted writer. - Simon and Schuster
*#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER*
Includes âMr. Harriganâs Phoneâânow a Netflix original film starring Donald Sutherland and Jaeden Martell!
From the legendary storyteller and master of short fiction Stephen King comes an extraordinary collection of four new âexceptionally compelling novellas that reaffirm [Kingâs] mastery of the formâ (The Washington Post).
Readers adore Stephen Kingâs novels, and his novellas are their own dark treat, briefer but just as impactful and enduring as his longer fiction. Many of his novellas have been made into iconic films, including âThe Bodyâ (Stand by Me) and âRita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemptionâ (Shawshank Redemption).
The four brilliant tales in If It Bleeds prove as iconic as their predecessors. In the title story, reader favorite Holly Gibney (from the Mr. Mercedes trilogy and The Outsider) must face her fears, and possibly another outsiderâthis time on her own. In âMr. Harriganâs Phoneâ an intergenerational friendship has a disturbing afterlife. âThe Life of Chuckâ explores, beautifully, how each of us contains multitudes. And in âRat,â a struggling writer must contend with the darker side of ambition.
If these novellas show Kingâs range, they also prove that certain themes endure. One of Kingâs great concerns is evil, and in If It Bleeds, thereâs plenty of it. There is also evilâs opposite, which in Kingâs fiction often manifests as friendship. Holly is reminded that friendship is not only life-affirming but can be life-saving. Young Craig befriends Mr. Harrigan, and the sweetness of this late-in-life connection is its own reward.
âAn adroit vehicle to showcase theâ¦nature of evilâ (The Boston Globe), If It Bleeds is âexactly what I wanted to read right now,â says Ruth Franklin in The New York Times Book Review.
