1922

An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

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The chilling novella featured in Stephen King's bestselling collection Full Dark, No Stars, 1922 - about a man who succumbs to the violence within - is now available as a stand-alone publication.

I believe there is a man inside every man, a stranger

So writes Wilfred James in his confession. It's 1922. Wilfred owns eighty acres of farmland in Nebraska that have been in the family for generations. His wife, Arlette, owns an adjoining one hundred acres.

But if Arlette carries out her threat to sell her land to a pig butcher, Wilfred will be forced to sell too. Worse, he'll have to move to the city. But he has a daring plan. It may work if he can persuade his son.

A powerful tale of betrayal, murder, madness and rats, 1922 is a breathtaking exploration into the dark side of human nature from the great American storyteller Stephen King. It was adapted into a film from Netflix.

(P) 2010 Simon & Schuster, Inc.©2010 Stephen King

Stephen KingCraig WassonHodder & Stoughton

Horror

Psychological

Supernatural

Thriller & Suspense

Scary

Paranormal

Emotionally Gripping

Fiction

Horror Psychological Supernatural Thriller & Suspense Scary Paranormal Emotionally Gripping Fiction

Critic reviews

Dripping with American Gothic . . . Utterly convincing and packed with grim atmosphere, it is a story that manages to keep you compulsively turning the pages

It's compulsive reading, sometimes scary, revolting, ultimately heartbreaking . . . There is a hint of the supernatural in it, although the borderline between a haunting and madness here is a hairline fracture, and one that King exploits elegantly all the way to the end

Wonderfully gruesome . . . The pages practically turn themselves

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A good story and VERY WELL READ. However it doesn’t quite portray the horror you get from watching on tv. On tv you absolutely scare yourself to death. In this production you’re literally sat listening to rats eat someone’s leg and like “oh, that’s the rat eating someone’s leg”. But tame really. On the whole worth a credit but the ending is a bit sudden.