Stephen King has a complex relationship with the Devil. Throughout his career, he’s returned to a personification of ultimate evil, through Randall Flagg and Roland, giant spiders, and the occasional Leland Gaunt. He’s also dealth with religious beliefs and hypocrisy in far greater depth than many American writers. Now he’s channeling his inner Hawthorne for Revival. His latest, five-generation-spanning novel, coming out this fall, follows Charles Jacobs, a charismatic preacher, and Jamie Morton, a young boy in his congregation. The two men circle around each other, confronting evil, addiction losing faith, and finally making a pact that would make Lucifer a little nervous…we are maybe just a little excited about this book!
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I’m usually excited about a King novel. Not all of them are winners (it would be nearly impossble for all of them to be, considerong how many he has), but he gets a bad rep when he really is a terrific writer.
I am very impressed with Joe Hill lately, and by lately I mean since his first book, and I am hoping that his father will channel some of that energy and writing-juju to produce something new and unique… maybe this will be the one? I don’t know. Lately King has been stagnant in the wake of The Dark Tower series. Everything seems dried up. I would love to see him breathe new life into the genre and keep us scared to turn the page once again!
I am really digging Doctor Sleep right now. But you’re right about Joe Hill, his stuff is phenomenal. His short story collection, 20th Century Ghosts is one of the best collections I’ve read in years.
It’s Randall Flagg, not Flaggs Randall ;)
Holy wow, I didn’t even catch that. I must have just skimmed right over that when reading. lol
As someone who’s very interested in the evils of fundamentalist religion, I want to be excited for this, but at the same time. with the exception of Under the Dome, Full Dark No Stars, and 11/22/63, King hasn’t written anything really great since On Writing. Fingers crossed, though.