There was a nice little dig where the protagonist says most are bored by talk of his real estate/insurance work those who aren't bored. I always come back to King because of his irrepressible realness. King brings in the AA aspect again, that is also quite real. But I did like the haunting parallel uncoverings of the history of the library and the protagonist's long-ago trauma.
The intrigue and subtlety of that didn't quite come through the rest. Old Pop Merrill, Castle Rock's sharpest trader, wants to crash the party for profit, but the Sun Dog, a creature that shouldn't exist at all, is a very dangerous investment.The first library scene: the deserted old library, nostalgia turning sour upon sight of the chilling posters and then the arrival of the sinister librarian, was my favorite part. If he can find it in time, he might stand a chance.įour Past Midnight: "The Sun Dog", a menacing black dog, appears in every Polaroid picture that 15-year-old Kevin Delevan takes with his new birthday gift - with each following photograph beckoning him to the supernatural. But for small businessman Sam Peebles, who thinks he may be losing his mind, another enemy is hiding there as well - the truth. Three Past Midnight: "The Library Policeman" is set in Junction City, Iowa, an unlikely place for evil to be hiding.
Alone, that is, until a figure named John Shooter arrives, pointing an accusing finger. Two Past Midnight: "Secret Window, Secret Garden" enters the suddenly strange life of writer Mort Rainey, recently divorced, depressed, and alone on the shore of Tashmore Lake. Only 11 passengers survive, but landing in an eerily empty world makes them wish they hadn't. One Past Midnight: "The Langoliers" takes a red-eye flight from LA to Boston into a most unfriendly sky. Four chiller novellas set to keep listeners awake long after bedtime.
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