Misery

Misery (1987) is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1988, and was later made into a Hollywood film and an Off-Broadway play. Paul Sheldon is the author of a best-selling series of Victorian-era romance novels surrounding the heroine character Misery Chastain. Since 1974, he has finished the first drafts of every one of his books in the same room at the Hotel Bouldera... more

Misery (1987) is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King. The novel was nominated for the World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1988, and was later made into a Hollywood film and an Off-Broadway play. Paul Sheldon is the author of a best-selling series of Victorian-era romance novels surrounding the heroine character Misery Chastain. Since 1974, he has finished the first drafts of every one of his books in the same room at the Hotel Boulderado in Colorado. He is determined to finish his new novel, Fast Cars, the "serious," personal – and perhaps partly autobiographical – story that he feels is long overdue, having been sidetracked by the commercial success of the "Misery" series. After he has completed his manuscript, he has an impulse (fueled by several bottles of champagne) to drive to L.A. rather than fly back to his townhouse in New York City. In his inebriated state he is unaware that the Colorado Western Slope is going to be hit with one of the biggest snowstorms of the... less