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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.”
— George R. R. Martin, New York Times bestselling author
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“Features some of King’s most graceful
writing…ruminative, amused, digressive, marvelously unaffected, and finally,
devastatingly sad.”
— Entertainment Weekly
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“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.”
— Time
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“An
amusement park and murder figure into a coming-of-age tale in this miniature
thriller with a hint of the supernatural.”
— Los Angeles Times
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“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.”
— Washington Post
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“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.”
— AudioFile
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“Period murder mystery with a heart…King brings
his usual finesse to this tale’s mystery elements.”
— Publishers Weekly
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“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.”
— Booklist
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“Joyland is a breathtaking, beautiful, heartbreaking book…Even
the most hardboiled readers will find themselves moved.”
— Charles Ardai, Edgar and Shamus Award-winning editor of Hard Case Crime