![]() My dad would say “You fooler!” when I did something silly as a kind, echoing Annie Wilkes’ rare jovial spurts. Cut off from the world outside, he writes the book to stay alive, but even that may not be enough to stave off Annie’s vicious temper.īits and pieces of Misery have lain dormant in my mind thanks to cultural osmosis. Slowly, Paul learns exactly how ravenous his number one fan can be. She forces him to revive Misery, the title character from her favorite Paul Sheldon series. Paul’s legs are broken in every which way, and he’s confined to Annie’s guest bedroom. When he regains consciousness, he discovers he is in the care of Annie Wilkes, a nurse who lives in a secluded cabin and just so happens to be Paul’s number one fan. ![]() Misery isn’t a beast of a novel-my copy clocked in at 350 pages-but it still packs a wallop.Īuthor Paul Sheldon awakens in a daze after crashing his car in the Colorado mountain roads. King didn’t disappoint, laying out a personal and harrowing tale of a writer trapped by his number one fan. This October, I read Misery alongside a friend to entrench myself in spooky season. ![]() It’s been a while since my last outing into the Stephen King universe. ![]()
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