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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. <p>BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...<p><p><p>A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: <p><p><em><p>&quot;Edgar, does anything make you happy?&quot;<p>&quot;I used to sketch.&quot;<p>&quot;Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night.&quot;<p><p><p>Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. <p><p>The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying. <p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></em></p></p></p></p></p></p></strong></p>]]>
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. <p>BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...<p><p><p>A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: <p><p><em><p>&quot;Edgar, does anything make you happy?&quot;<p>&quot;I used to sketch.&quot;<p>&quot;Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night.&quot;<p><p><p>Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. <p><p>The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying. <p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></em></p></p></p></p></p></p></strong></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[Stephen King has grown. The characters in this novel are fleshed out, deep, and poignant. The story is compelling, but the real triumph here for King is character over plot. As he enters a mature phase of life, his writing is just better than ever. he is underrated by the literati and Duma Key is hi...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18279618">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. <p>BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...<p><p><p>A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: <p><p><em><p>&quot;Edgar, does anything make you happy?&quot;<p>&quot;I used to sketch.&quot;<p>&quot;Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night.&quot;<p><p><p>Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. <p><p>The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying. <p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></em></p></p></p></p></p></p></strong></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[It must be nice to be Stephen King. Everything you write is automatically a bestseller -- no editor or publisher will ever tell you &quot;no.&quot; But the flipside of such omnipotence is also evident in this book.<br/>A building contractor from Minnesota has an awful accident in which he loses one...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/43619594">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. <p>BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...<p><p><p>A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: <p><p><em><p>&quot;Edgar, does anything make you happy?&quot;<p>&quot;I used to sketch.&quot;<p>&quot;Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night.&quot;<p><p><p>Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. <p><p>The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying. <p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></em></p></p></p></p></p></p></strong></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[I'm not a big fan of Stephen King, but my entire family is -- especially my Aunt Joanie.  I thought this book was &quot;ok&quot;, but it really dragged in the middle.  It's more than 600 pages, and I think that's about 200 page too many.<br/><br/>My reviews always include the section of the book w...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/37033094">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. <p>BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...<p><p><p>A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: <p><p><em><p>&quot;Edgar, does anything make you happy?&quot;<p>&quot;I used to sketch.&quot;<p>&quot;Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night.&quot;<p><p><p>Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. <p><p>The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying. <p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></em></p></p></p></p></p></p></strong></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[In preparation for doing this review of Stephen King's latest, I did some poking around and read some other reviews on the 'net and was surprised to find that a lot of people like it. I, despite being a King fanboy, didn't care for it that much. It's gotten to be that King barely writes what you can...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28988396">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I've read a lot of King. I <em>read</em> a lot of King, and this is among his best. I know some people feel that after his accident he lost his touch for the creeping horror that made him famous, but I assure you that is not the case. This book proves that King not only still has it, he's still improving. <br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/28670381">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This has become my personal favorite.  <br/>Many of King's fans have been upset with some of his later work because of the lack of true terror.  Others were pleased because there was a bit more variety or literary quality.  Me, I feel that I can't say his books ever got better or worse.<br/><br/>...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/20723189">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <![CDATA[<p><strong>NO MORE THAN A DARK PENCIL LINE ON A BLANK PAGE. A HORIZON LINE, MAYBE. <p>BUT ALSO A SLOT FOR BLACKNESS TO POUR THROUGH...<p><p><p>A terrible accident takes Edgar Freemantle's right arm and scrambles his memory and his mind, leaving him with little but rage as he begins the ordeal of rehabilitation. When his marriage suddenly ends, Edgar begins to wish he hadn't survived his injuries. He wants out. His psychologist suggests a new life distant from the Twin Cities, along with something else: <p><p><em><p>&quot;Edgar, does anything make you happy?&quot;<p>&quot;I used to sketch.&quot;<p>&quot;Take it up again. You need hedges...hedges against the night.&quot;<p><p><p>Edgar leaves for Duma Key, an eerily undeveloped splinter of the Florida coast. The sun setting into the Gulf of Mexico calls out to him, and Edgar draws. Once he meets Elizabeth Eastlake, a sick old woman with roots tangled deep in Duma Key, Edgar begins to paint, sometimes feverishly; many of his paintings have a power that cannot be controlled. When Elizabeth's past unfolds and the ghosts of her childhood begin to appear, the damage of which they are capable is truly devastating. <p><p>The tenacity of love, the perils of creativity, the mysteries of memory and the nature of the supernatural -- Stephen King gives us a novel as fascinating as it is gripping and terrifying. <p><p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></p></em></p></p></p></p></p></p></strong></p>]]>
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    <body><![CDATA[As ever, Stephen King's work is brilliant and insightful. It seems as if every new novel he produces becomes more and more spiritual, and I loved how the main character in this novel went through a horrifying trauma only to develop magical, yet totally realistic, powers. <br/><br/>Unlike many of h...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/18126557">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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