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“Set in a dying amusement park in the south, Joyland features a ghost and a serial killer, but the real heart of the novel is a coming-of-age story, one that took me vividly back to my own youth, working the rides at Uncle Milty’s in Bayonne.”

“Features some of King’s most graceful writing…ruminative, amused, digressive, marvelously unaffected, and finally, devastatingly sad.”

“Wrapped in a gloriously pulpy cover, Joyland is a coming-of-age story set in 1973 at a North Carolina amusement park—creepy!—that’s haunted by a murderer.”

“An amusement park and murder figure into a coming-of-age tale in this miniature thriller with a hint of the supernatural.”

“A moving, immensely appealing coming-of-age tale that encompasses restless ghosts, serial murder, psychic phenomena, and sexual initiation…The melodramatic aspects of the story are great fun, but the real strength of Joyland stems from King’s ability to connect with his characters directly and viscerally.”

“Joyland, narrated by Michael Kelly with just the right touch of innocence, is a creepy story about a young man who gets involved with a dying boy, his beautiful mother, and murder…Kelly is convincing as the earnest, confused young hero…We are passengers in Jones’ mind as he tries to chart the course of his life, which was difficult enough before he got involved in a series of grisly murders. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award.”

“Period murder mystery with a heart…King brings his usual finesse to this tale’s mystery elements.”

“Undeniable…charm [and] aching nostalgia…[Joyland] reads like a heartfelt memoir and might be King’s gentlest book, a canny channeling of the inner peace one can find within outer tumult.”

“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book…Even the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved.”