Joyland is the 62nd book published by Stephen King; it is his 51st novel, and the 44th under his own name.
Like King's previous book The Colorado Kid, the book was released by Hard Case Crime.
The book was released on 4 June 2013.
Summary
Set in a small-town North Carolina amusement park in 1973, Joyland tells the story of the summer in which college student Devin Jones comes to work as a carny and confronts the legacy of a vicious murder, the fate of a dying child, and the ways both will change his life forever.
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References
- Amazon.com product page
- "Stephen King working on new horror novel," by Stephen Lee.
- "Stephen King novel 'Joyland' officially announced," by Stephen Lee.