The heart-wrenching scene captures the innocent outlook that colors Jamie’s early interactions with the dead.įor example, as Tia comforts the grieving Professor Burkett, Jamie shows Mona the green turkey he drew in school. Burkett reveals his wife Mona died the night before, but Jamie can see her standing in the hallway and begins covertly speaking to Mona. Jamie’s ability is introduced when he and Tia return to their apartment to find their neighbor, Professor Burkett, standing distraught in the hallway. Beginning when Jamie is just 6 years old, King presents his supernatural encounters with steadily increasing stakes, allowing readers to discover the novel’s rules alongside the protagonist as they are slowly immersed in his world. In addition to the family’s financial woes following the 2008 recession, Jamie’s youth is complicated by his “unnatural ability” to communicate with the dead. The story is narrated by a college-aged Jamie as he reflects back on his childhood living in New York with his literary agent mother, Tia Conklin.
Although the supernatural scares are not as prominent here as in King’s other works, the writer’s focus on life’s daily cruelties still makes for an emotionally gripping novel. After publishing over 60 novels during the span of his career, King certainly has a handle on telling an engrossing tale.
Released March 2 by prolific horror writer Stephen King, “Later” is a coming-of-age story following Jamie Conklin, a spirited young boy who sees dead people. Sometimes the worst demons are the ones we create for ourselves.
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