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By (author) King Stephen

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Wake up the new reader and shake up the existing reader – between Spring 2021 and Autumn 2024 Hodder is reissuing groups of Stephen King”s books in a wonderfulnew livery.CHRISTINE is a CHILLING CLASSIC – a love triangle between a boy, his girlfriend and a jealous car called Christine.

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With a stunning new cover look, King”s
bestselling supernatural tale about a boy, his girlfriend and a possessed ”58 Plymouth Fury called Christine.

This is the story of a lover”s triangle . . . It was bad from the start. And it got worse in a hurry.

Christine is eating into his mind, burrowing into his unconscious.

Christine, blood-red, fat, and finned, is twenty. Her promise lies all in her past. Greedy and big, she is Arnie”s obsession, a ”58 Plymouth Fury. Broken down but not finished.

There is still power in her – a frightening power that leaks like sump oil, staining and corrupting. A malign power that corrodes the mind and turns ownership into Possession.

Review quote:
King can make the flesh creep half a world away

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King can make the flesh creep half a world away

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King has no equal

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King has no equal

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Stephen King is one of America”s finest writers

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As a storyteller King is unbeatable

Biographical note:
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent titles include Fairy Tale, Holly, and If It Bleeds, all number one Sunday Times bestsellers.Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb”s top-rated movie of all time.King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.

Promotional headline:
A supernatural tale about girlfriends, boyfriends and a car called Christine.

Review quote: previous work:
Stephen King is one of America”s finest writers – ScotsmanAs a storyteller King is unbeatable – Mirror