![]() Deeper themes about the power of fiction feel somewhat grafted onto the suspenseful story. The allusions are often clever and enjoyable, though King seems perhaps a bit anxious to prove his literary acumen. Lawrence, and Émile Zola are only some of the authors that King’s characters refer to in the book. ![]() Oddly this makes Bellamy a kind of clumsy proxy for the avid reader, albeit a twisted, nightmarish one. The desire to know what happens next is precisely what drives readers through King’s 400-plus pages. Intrigued, the gunman’s eyes widen, and he asks, simply: “What happens?” Near the end, Bellamy trains a gun on Saubers, who momentarily placates the madman by revealing something tantalizing from one of Rothstein’s unpublished works. The literary critique at gunpoint in the opening scene is only one of many moments in the novel that unites books and violence. Mercedes,” become involved in the case, and they rush to find Saubers before Bellamy does. ![]() The odd trio of sleuthing detectives from King’s previous novel, “Mr. Bellamy, meanwhile, gets out of jail, tracks down Saubers and the notebooks, and prepares to steal them back. He uses the money to support his family, develops an abiding love of Rothstein’s fiction, and enters into a dangerous scheme to sell the unpublished work. ![]() A literature-loving boy named Pete Saubers happens to find the trunk. A series of coincidences powers the rest of the somewhat outlandish plot. ![]()
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