Madison Smartt Bell is one of the most versatile and gifted authors of his generation, a literary stylist with few peers. Doctor Sleep, one of his best novels, is a taut and satisfying psychological thriller planned to be released as a major motion picture under the title Hypnotic. Adrian Strother is a hypnotherapist who, paradoxically, can't get to sleep. He plies his trade in a depressed section of London, doing the occasional job for Scotland Yard, which brings him into contact with an unsavory drug trafficker. As little girls become the target of a serial killer, Adrian treads the line between tortured wakefulness and surreal sleep, and the gifts of his insomnia are called upon to unlock the secrets of a man who believes he has discovered the key to immortality. Part spiritual pilgrimage, part thriller, Doctor Sleep is witty, menacing, and deeply satisfying, a bravura performance by one of today's finest writers.
By:
Madison Smartt Bell Imprint: Grove Press / Atlantic Monthly Press Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 209mm,
Width: 139mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 354g ISBN:9780802140166 ISBN 10: 0802140165 Pages: 304 Publication Date:16 May 2003 Audience:
General/trade
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ELT Advanced
Format:Paperback Publisher's Status: Active
Reviews for Doctor Sleep
For my money, nobody else writing today does places--this time London--the grit and the grunge, the full feel of them, like Madison Smartt Bell.