Edgar ends up losing an arm, having severe head injuries that reduce his mobility considerably and leave him with terrible pain. A heavyweight crane crashes into his truck, trapping Edgar in the cab. In his 40s he is the victim of a terrible accident on one of his building sites. Edgar is the wealthy owner of a Minneapolis-based construction company that he built up from scratch and with his bare hands. In fact when the balls all click into place, there will be no champagne, only blood and consequences.Įnter Edgar Freemantle - an obvious nod to The Stand’s Abigail Freemantle. However since this is a novel by Stephen King, the prizes are not good. Many of the characters in Duma Key find themselves holding winning lottery tickets. I don’t pluck the lottery image at random here. Perhaps there is no grand plan, no fate, no destiny, because hidden between the paragraphs of Duma Key, good and evil are just at opposite ends of the results of a hidden lottery game. That life and death are purely the results of random and unrelated events.
But in the hands of Stephen King, the crevices of everyday reality mask the dark shadows of Hell.ĭumas Key seems to hint that in reality there is only randomness. There are nods and winks in the narrative, yet he comes up with a very scary tale out of elements that usually make everyday life unremarkable. Duma Key is related to much of King’s earlier work. One of the factors that makes this book interesting to King readers is that it pulls together various strands from the author’s literary canon - not to mention that of the late Richard Bachman. The first thought that came into my head was: “some books are dangerous.” Trust me, Duma Key is one such book. The hairs on the back of my neck bristled and a chill fell upon the room and I swear I thought the lights dimmed for a second. Duma Key isn’t a safe place for daughters.” If you mean to stay, Edgar, you mustn’t invite your daughter back. A pretty thing with blond hair? I may be confusing her with my own sister Hannah - I tend to do that, I know I do - but in this case, I think I’m right.
Didn’t she? I seem to remember her waving to me. I think you have a daughter, and I believe she visited you. “Edgar, one is sure you’ll make a very nice neighbour, I have no doubts on that score, but you must take precautions. It serves as a taste of what Edgar Freemantle might experience upon relocating himself to Florida, to an idyllic beach-front residence called Duma Key: I was about a quarter of the way into Stephen King’s Duma Key and feeling a sense of growing dread and dark foreboding when I came upon this passage spoken by the elderly property owner Elizabeth Eastlake. Published by Hodder & Stoughton UK (as reviewed)
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