Annie is very upset over what Paul did to Misery and demands that he find a way to bring her back by writing a new novel-his best yet, and one that’s all for her. After a near-fatal car accident in rural Colorado leaves his body broken, Paul finds himself at the mercy of the terrifying rescuer who’s nursing him back to health-his self-proclaimed number one fan, Annie Wilkes. But such a change doesn’t come without consequences.
In a controversial career move, he’s just killed off the popular protagonist of his beloved romance series in favor of expanding his creative horizons. The best parts of this novel demand that we take King seriously as a writer with a deeply felt understanding of human psychology.The #1 New York Times bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his “number one fan.” One of “Stephen King’s best…genuinely scary” ( USA TODAY).īestselling novelist Paul Sheldon thinks he’s finally free of Misery Chastain. Sheldon is a revealingly autobiographical figure Annie is not merely a monster but is subtly and often touchingly portrayed, allowing hostage and keeper a believable, if twisted, relationship.
Studded among the frightening moments are sparkling reflections on the writer and his audience, on the difficulties, joys and responsibilities of being a storyteller, on the nature of the muse, on the differences between "serious'' and "popular'' writing. Keeping the paralyzed Sheldon prisoner, she forces him to revive the character in a continuation of the series, and she reads each page as it comes out of the typewriter there is a joyously Dickensian novel within a novel here, and it appears in faded typescript.
Sheldon has killed off Misery Chastain, the popular protagonist of his Misery series and Annie, who has a murderous past, wants her back. Paul Sheldon, a writer of historical romances, is in a car accident rescued by nurse Annie Wilkes, he slowly realizes that salvation can be worse than death. King's new novel, about a writer held hostage by his self-proclaimed "number-one fan,'' is unadulteratedly terrifying.
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