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Zusatztext A thrilling cat-and-mouse game Informationen zum Autor STEPHEN KING is the author of more than sixty books, all worldwide bestsellers. His recent titles include The Institute , which was described by the Sunday Express as a 'masterpiece', The Outsider (voted winner of the Goodreads Choice Award for best Mystery and Thriller 2018), and If It Bleeds. Many of his titles have been turned into celebrated films, TV series and streamed events including IT, 'a book which speaks to everybody' ( Guardian ), The Shawshank Redemption and Stand By Me . King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine. Klappentext A masterful! intensely suspenseful novel about a reader whose obsession with a reclusive writer goes far too far - a book about the power of storytelling! starring the same trio of unlikely and winning heroes King introduced in Mr Mercedes.'Wake up! genius.' So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein! a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character! Jimmy Gold! but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid! not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books! but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash! yes! but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel.Morris hides the money and the notebooks! and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later! a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure! and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges! Holly Gibney! and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he's released from prison after thirty-five years.Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Finders Keepers is spectacular! heart-pounding suspense! but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life - for good! for bad! forever. Zusammenfassung 'Wake up, genius.' So begins King's instantly riveting story about a vengeful reader. The genius is John Rothstein, a Salinger-like icon who created a famous character, Jimmy Gold, but who hasn't published a book for decades. Morris Bellamy is livid, not just because Rothstein has stopped providing books, but because the nonconformist Jimmy Gold has sold out for a career in advertising. Morris kills Rothstein and empties his safe of cash, yes, but the real treasure is a trove of notebooks containing at least one more Gold novel. Morris hides the money and the notebooks, and then he is locked away for another crime. Decades later, a boy named Pete Saubers finds the treasure, and now it is Pete and his family that Bill Hodges, Holly Gibney, and Jerome Robinson must rescue from the ever-more deranged and vengeful Morris when he's released from prison after thirty-five years. Not since Misery has King played with the notion of a reader whose obsession with a writer gets dangerous. Finders Keepers is spectacular, heart-pounding suspense, but it is also King writing about how literature shapes a life - for good, for bad, forever. ...
