title: Joyland (Turtleback School & Library Binding Edition) (Hcc)
author:  Stephen King 
description: "This one's a must for King fans and may also attract YA readers." - "Library Journal" <BR>..".period murder mystery with a heart...King brings his usual finesse to this tale's mystery elements" - "Publishers Weekly" <BR>..".the book...features some of King's most graceful writing...ruminative, amused, digressive, marvelously unaffected, and finally, devastatingly sad." - "Entertainment Weekly" <BR>"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" <BR>"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" <BR>"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" <BR>"Stephen King's carny-saturated "Joyland" evokes the ghosts of summers past -- literally." - "New York Magazine<BR>"<BR>""Joyland," by Stephen King (Hard Case Crime, June). An old-school, pulpy paperback ghost story set in a North Carolina amusement park." - "Departures Magazine<BR>"<BR>"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<BR> lurking around the hot dog stands." - "Cosmopolitan Magazine" <BR>""Joyland" is a joy. A gem whatever its genre." - "Tor.com" <BR> "This is a wonderful return to old school King." - "We Love This Book <BR>"""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" <BR>"From horror authority Stephen King comes some hard-boiled action, with all the elements of a good crime novel--including the early '70s,
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  [Cover](kindle:embed:0001?mime=image/jpg)
  
  
  [Acclaim for Joyland by Stephen King!](part0001.xhtml)
  
  
  [Also by Stephen King](part0003.xhtml)
  
  
  [Title Page](part0004.xhtml)
  
  
  [Copyright](part0005.xhtml)
  
  
  [Dedication](part0006.xhtml)
  
  
  [Joyland](part0007.xhtml)
  
  
  [Author's Note](part0010.xhtml)
  
  
  [Available now from Titan Books](part0011.xhtml)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## **_Acclaim for JOYLAND by STEPHEN KING!_**
  
  
  " _Joyland_ is a small marvel of a book, a novel of loss and heartbreak, of
  growth and discovery…a bittersweet paean to lost love, lost time, and lost
  youth…it stands with such shorter King masterpieces as _The Body_ and _Rita
  Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption_ as one of the writer's finest works, a
  highlight in a career that has had so many."
  
  
  _-- National Post_
  
  
  "[An] elegiac novel of mystery and imagination… _Joyland_ presents itself as a
  hair-raising thriller (which indeed it is), but it is as much a bittersweet
  romance, a tribute to older times and sounder values, a celeb