Batman and Robin Have An Altercation
In Stephen King’s first story for Harper’s Magazine, a middle-aged man named Sanderson brings his Alzheimer’s-afflicted father to Applebee’s for their weekly lunch, where for three years they have ordered the same food and had the same conversation. Just as Sanderson despairs of finding any shred of the man who raised him, he’s saved from a brutal assault to find his father wielding a weapon procured in a moment of lucidity.
Available on newsstands in the U.S. on 8/28 and on-line (subscription required) now at Harpers.org.
Launch Story on Harpers.org
Available on newsstands in the U.S. on 8/28 and on-line (subscription required) now at Harpers.org.
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Aug 25, 2012 12:42PM
I will have to special order this issue--sounds like a killer read!
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Man - I should have kept that subscription.
All King's magazine-published short stories should be complied into a book. I'd definately buy it
-->"he’s saved from a brutal assault to find his father wielding a weapon procured in a moment of lucidity"As long as its not a corn cob again like in Sleepwalkers. :P
I agree that there should be one big volume of short stories.
This has become one of my top 5 Stephen King stories. This elegant, emotional and striking tale is short but beautiful. "The Reach", my favorite King tale and this one are very similar in tone and I felt "Batman and Robin Have an Altercation" plays against our fears of what it is like to get old.
