![]() ![]() He refuses until she threatens to withhold his drugs so he begins the book (tantalizing chunks of which King seeds throughout this novel). tn time, Annie rushes into the room, howling: she demands that Paul write a new novel resurrecting Misery just for her. She's a spiteful misanthrope subject to catatonic fits, but worships Paul because he writes her favorite books, historical novels featuring the heroine "Misery." As Annie pumps him with drugs and reads the script of his latest novel, also saved from the wreck, Paul waits with growing apprehension-he killed off Misery in this new one. During the hazy next week, Paul learns that Annie, an ex-nurse, carried him from a car wreck to her isolated house, where she plans to keep him indefinitely. A beefy woman, 40-ish Annie Wilkes, appears and feeds him barbiturates. His first novel without supernatural elements outside of the Richard Bachman series, this psychological terror tale laced with pitch-black humor tells the nerve-jangling story of a best-selling author kidnapped and tortured by his "number one fan." King opens on a disorienting note as writer Paul Sheldon drifts awake to find himself in bed, his legs shattered. ![]() Fans weary of King's recent unwieldy tomes can rest easy: his newest is slim, slick, and razor-keen. ![]()
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