u003cpu003eu003cbu003e'u003c/bu003eu003cbu003eu003ciu003eFairy Taleu003c/iu003e is vintage, timeless King, a transporting, terrifying treat' - u003ciu003eGuardianu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003e'A blazing flash of creativity . . . King's best book in over a decade' - u003ciu003eEsquireu003c/iu003eu003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e u003cbu003eLegendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher - for their world or ours.u003c/bu003eu003cbru003e u003cbru003e Charlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. But he carries a heavy load. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. Charlie learned how to take care of himself - and his dad. Then, when Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her ageing master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard. Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e Charlie starts doing jobs for Mr. Bowditch and loses his heart to Radar. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe. What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world.u003cbru003e u003cbru003e King's storytelling in u003ciu003eFairy Taleu003c/iu003e soars. This is a magnificent and terrifying tale about another world than ours, in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy - and his dog - must lead the battle.u003c/pu003e
