Fairy Tale

By Stephen King

Book Overview

Master storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this #1 New York Times bestselling and spellbinding novel about a young man who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher--for that world or ours.

Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a horrific accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself--and his dad. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from that shed.

Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1668002175
• ISBN13: 9781668002179
• Release Date: September 2022
• Publisher: Scribner Book Company
• Length: 608 Pages
• Weight: 1.80 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.6" x 6.2" x 9.3"

Customer Reviews

Fairy Tale was worth the wait!!!

When all hope is lost, you can count on Stephen King to make a simple Fairy Tale into an exciting example of a beautiful coming of age story that made my soul very happy. I have read this book twice and each time it gets better and better. I loved it!!!

Like Stephen King ? Skip this. New to Stephen King? Read almost anything except this one. Pet Sem

Big scarey death knight are allergic to...water? The villain is HR Puffenstuff? Wtf King?

Stephen King

Awesome read Stephen King is the best

Wasn’t his best performance n my opinion

I love SK and voraciously read anything he puts out. I loved the first part of this story- but the fairytale part was a bit too rushed, lacking in details and context, and was a bit anticlimactic. I felt cheated, knowing what SK is capable of

Surprise

There are any twist and turns in this story.

Once Upon a Time In R'lyeh

A wonderful trip through a world of the real stories underlying fairy tales. A boy goes to save his dog, and then visits the incredible land of faery. Strangely enough, our old friend Cthulhu appears here, too, and he is about to release a much greater evil if they can't stop him...A mix of the Brothers Grimm and H. P. Lovecraft, bizarre, spooky and highly satisfying.

Sad it had to end.

Really enjoyed this book. I'm a King fan and this is now on the top of my favorite list right under The Shining and The Stand.