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Just After Sunset Collector's Set | 
| Author: Stephen King
Publisher: Scribner Book Company
Category: Book
Used (2) from £12.66
Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 80567
Media: Hardcover
Edition: Har/DVD Co
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 384
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.6
Dimensions (in): 9.2 x 6.2 x 1.7
ISBN: 1439115303
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9781439115305
ASIN: 1439115303
Publication Date: November 11, 2008 (New: Last 30 Days)
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Just read the whole book in 24 hours - excellent November 16, 2008
26 out of 26 found this review helpful
I might be biased as I am a Stephen King fanatic but these are his best short stories yet. If you enjoy his work you will love these. If you are new to Stephen King and not sure if you will like his stuff then I would recommend this set of short stories as an introduction. As King is getting older (he turned 60 this year) these stories have a running theme throughout of mortality and what kind of afterlife there could possibly be (In stories such as Willa, The New York Times at Special Bargain rates). He also has an uplifting story about September 11th - someone who survived who was meant to be in the twin towers and how he comes to terms with this. The Gingerbread Girl I think is the best story in the book - I couldn't put it down until I'd finished - a woman who has lost a child starts running and just runs away from all her problems only to find a bigger problem where her running comes in handy.
I don't want to give too much away but other themes are mid-life crisis (Stationary Bike), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (N), a cat from hell (!) nuclear bombs, and a story involving a porta - loo.
If you are a SK fan you probably already bought this, if not buy it if you like short stories, buy it if you like weird and wacky and stories, uplifting stories and stories that cause you to question the world.
I got this book yesterday and just finished it as I couldn't put it down
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