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#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen King's beloved novella, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption - the basis for the Best Picture Academy Award-nominee The Shawshank Redemption - about an unjustly imprisoned convict who seeks a strangely satisfying revenge, is now available for the first time as a standalone book.A mesmerizing tale of unjust imprisonment and offbeat escape, Rita Hayworth and Shawshank Redemption is one of Stephen King's most beloved and iconic stories, and it helped make Castle Rock a place readers would return to over and over again. Suspenseful, mysterious, and heart-wrenching, this iconic King novella, populated by a cast of unforgettable characters, is about a fiercely compelling convict named Andy Dufresne who is seeking his ultimate revenge.Originally published in 1982 in the collection Different Seasons (alongside "The Body," "Apt Pupil," and "The Breathing Method"), it was made into the film The Shawshank Redemption in 1994. Starring Morgan Freeman and Tim Robbins, this modern classic was nominated for seven Academy Awards, including Best Picture, is one of the most beloved films of all time and is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.

Who is going to be the fish in this relationship, and who is going to be the fisherman?BILL HODGESretired cop, tormented by ‘the Mercedes massacre’, a case he never solved.BRADY HARTSFIELDperpetrator of that notorious crime, and preparing to kill again.Now each is closing in on the other in a mega-stakes race against time from worldwide bestselling master of suspense, Stephen King.

King And Chizmar Join Forces Again With A Powerful Stand-alone Novel That Is Also The Final Chapter In The Gwendy Trilogy. When Gwendy Peterson Was Twelve, A Stranger Named Richard Farris Gave Her A Mysterious Box For Safekeeping. It Offered Treats And Vintage Coins, But It Was Dangerous. Pushing Any Of Its Seven Coloured Buttons Promised Death And Destruction. Years Later, The Button Box Re-entered Gwendy's Life. A Successful Novelist And A Rising Political Star, She Was Once More Forced To Deal With The Temptations That The Box Represented - An Amazing Sense Of Wellbeing, Balanced By A Terrifyingly Dark Urge Towards Disaster. With The Passing Of Time, The Box Has Grown Ever Stronger And Evil Forces Are Striving To Possess It. Once Again, It Is Up To Gwendy Peterson, Now A United States Senator Battling The Early Symptoms Of Alzheimer's Disease, To Keep It From Them. At All Costs. But Where Can You Hide Something From Such Powerful Entities? Gwendy's Final Task Is A Wildly Suspenseful And At The Same Time Deeply Moving Novel In Which 'horror Giants' (publishers Weekly) Stephen King And Richard Chizmar Take Us On A Journey From Castle Rock To Another Famous Cursed Maine City To The Mf-1 Space Station, Where Gwendy Must Execute A Secret Mission To Save The World. And, Maybe, All Worlds.