| | The Dark Tower 4: Wizard And Glass | |
Description
Wizard and Glass, the fourth episode in King's white-hot Dark Tower series,
is a sci-fi/fantasy novel that contains a post-apocalyptic Western love story
twice as long. It begins with the series' star, world-weary Roland, and his
world-hopping posse (an ex-junkie, a child, a plucky woman in a wheelchair, and
a talking dog-like pet named Oy the Bumbler) trapped aboard a runaway train. The
train is a psychotic multiple personality that intends to commit suicide with
them at 800 m.p.h.--unless Roland and pals can outwit it in a riddling contest.
It's a great race, for the mind and pulse. Films should be this good. Then comes
a 567- page flashback about Roland at age 14. It's a well-marbled but meaty
tale. Roland and two teenage friends must rescue his first love from the dirty
old drooling mayor of a post-apocalyptic cowboy town, thwart a civil war by
blowing up oil tanks, and seize an all-seeing crystal ball from Rhea, a vampire
witch. The love scenes are startlingly prominent and earthier than most romance
novels (they kiss until blood trickles from her lip).
After an epic battle ending in a box canyon to end all box canyons, we're back
with grizzled, grown-up Roland and the train-wreck survivors in a parallel
world: Kansas in 1986, after a plague. The finale is a weird fantasy takeoff on
The Wizard of Oz Some readers will feel that the latest novel in King's most
ambitious series has too many pages--almost 800--but few will deny it's a
page-turner.
‘Grim, funny and superbly energetic, it’s King at his best’ MAIL ON SUNDAY
Details
Country of Origin : UK
Edition : New Ed
Illustrations : Illustrations
Number Of Pages : 896
Year of Publication : 2003
Genre: FICTION FANTASY
Binding: paperback (B format)
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