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Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work in a fairground and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.

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"Joyland is one of Stephen King´s best novels." - Horror Movie Reviews

"This book is one of those thrills we come across every so often when least expected!" - Hellnotes

"Joyland is one of Stephen King´s best novels" - Horror Movie Reviews

"King saved the big scares for Dr. Sleep, but Joyland is ultimately superior." - Complex´s Best Books of 2013

"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

"Joyland is full of nostalgia and some really sweet moments that had me tearing up. It´s easy to forget that anything else is going on, you´re so wrapped up in the lives of these characters.
4.5 out of 5 Stars (read it, read it now)" - Only The Best SciFi

"This one´s a must for King fans and may also attract YA readers." - Library Journal

"...period murder mystery with a heart...King brings his usual finesse to this tale´s mystery elements" - Publishers Weekly

"...the book...features some of King´s most graceful writing...ruminative, amused, digressive, marvelously unaffected, and finally, devastatingly sad." - Entertainment Weekly

"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

"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

"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 Magazine

"Stephen King´s carny-saturated Joyland evokes the ghosts of summers past -- literally." - New York Magazine

"Joyland, by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime, June). An old-school, pulpy paperback ghost story set in a North Carolina amusement park." - Departures Magazine

"King´s latest thriller, a PG-13 pulp paperback crime novel takes place at a remote carny park where college kid Devin is desperate to see the ghost of a girl whose murderer might still be
lurking around the hot dog stands." - Cosmopolitan Magazine

"Joyland is a joy. A gem whatever its genre." - Tor.com

"This is a wonderful return to old school King." - We Love This Book

"Joyland is a fantastic story. This is a compelling and yet oddly gentle tale of a young man experiencing the ache of heartbreak and the curve-balls life can throw at you." - Geek Native

"From horror authority Stephen King comes some hard-boiled action, with all the elements of a good crime novel-including the early ´70s, southern secrets, carnivals, and a meddling college kid." - The Daily Muse

"If you´re a King fan you may want to set this on your wishlist " - Bookmuch

"This Joyland is not innocent, of course. Its retro thrills include an enticingly steamy cover, Hard Case Crime´s sensually tactile paperback format, and a cover line that asks, "Who Dares Enter the Funhouse of Fear?"" - New York Times

"It´s good to have a book like this now - simple, sweet, and not a little scary - to remind us that among the prequels and sequels, the epics and the TV miniseries, Stephen King can still spin one hell of a little yarn." "As usual, King slips in and out of genre effortlessly, but it´s gratifying that at the core of Joyland exists a story worthy of being called a Hard Case Crime." "Misdirection and red herrings abound, delightfully, and the weather-ravaged denouement could play out as the conclusion to a Donald Westlake or Lawrence Block novel." - FEARnet

"Red meat for any Stephen King fan." - TalkStephenKing.com

"This is a Stephen King novel that you can start on your vacation and actually finish before the flight home." - Men´s Health, Selected By Amazon

"A remarkable tour-de-force

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