Duma Key - Stephen King

...scene. Edgar moves to Duma Key, a fictional island in Florida, where he can build up his strength and start walking again. As soon as he arrives at his rented property, he feels compelled to begin painting. Once he begins, he realises that he actually has a great deal of talent and can turn out beautiful pieces of artwork at an alarmingly fast rate. However, all is not what it seems with the paintings, as strange things begin to happen. Edgar begins ...
...recognises that he is not so much deciding what to paint as having it decided for him. A common theme begins to run through the paintings and he often finds himself in a trance-like state whilst completing them. Not only this, but the pieces of artwork seem to have a great deal of power in that they psychically connect him with the outside world to such an extent that he begins to have visions of things he should know nothing about, such as his wife's ...

Tadders 26.03.2008 · Read full review
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...saw his latest book - Duma Key - half price in Waterstones, and also laid my hands on a free £10 Waterstones voucher, I picked up the novel with no hesitation. == The Story == Duma Key is the story of a man named Edgar Freemantle. Prior to the opening of the book, Edgar is involved in a freak accident on a construction site - he is a construction worker, and a millionaire from it and his radical ideas at that. The accident results in the loss of ...
...off Florida. The island is Duma Key. Covered mostly in vegetation, very few people live there; but Edgar soon comes to be friends with the strange old woman who lives up the beach from him and her carer - a man named Wireman. In order to have something to take his mind off things, Edgar's doctor suggests he starts drawing again. But while he could merely doodle before the accident, now Edgar discovers a strange new ability on Duma Key: he can suddenly ...

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...of the doomed sisters of Duma Key? It has been a long time since I have read a Stephen King novel. After the woeful, self-indulgent tripe that was "Lisey's Story" I have intentionally had a break from my favourite author. As a self-professed "constant reader" I have felt somewhat let down by King over recent years. His works have seemed to verge more and more into the indulgence and arrogance of someone trying too hard to achieve critical and literary ...
...throughout. As he flourishes on Duma Key you gain an empathy for his disability and his emerging relationship with neighbour "Wireman" is a compelling and heartwarming one. In fact, despite this being a horror novel in it's essence, this reads more like a story of relationships for long periods. "Duma Key" itself is also a fantastically realised location. King fills this idyllic little slice of the Florida coastline with an air of beauty, menace ...

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...a reason for this…. In Duma he discovers a talent for sketching and painting with supernatural consequences. His art begins to uncover truths hidden in Duma, (what happened to the twin sisters?) (What secrets is the old lady hiding?) (What is really happening with his art?). The relationships between the characters develop well and are convincing. King concentrates on feeling and emotions and does it very well. The book puts over a creeping horror, ...

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Duma Key ========== We follow Edgar Freemantle who initially comes across as an unlikable character. This it turns out is due in part to a car accident he earlier had and also a shift in his personality. He loses an arm in the accident and this causes further angry outbursts. His wife leaves him before he hurts her and this only adds to his ugly characterisation. He ups sticks and moves to Florida, A place called Duma Key. Once here he begins to ...
...fear that his sketches begin to generate builds slowly and is well laid out. His drawings uncover some startling truths and horrible revelations from the past. The old lady is not as kindly as she first appears, what has happened to the twin sisters? And who will finally snap and take action against his 'Art'. This is a decent book but not in the league of 'cell' or James Herberts 'Secret of Crickley Hall' but it is a god read. The writing is excellent ...

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