Staff Picks: Duma Key
Duma Key is a psychological horror novel by Stephen King
After crushing his hip and losing an arm and his memory in a construction accident Edgar Freemantle’s family and life falls apart while in recovery. Trying to start anew, Freemantle moves from Minnesota to Duma Key, Florida at his psychiatrist’s suggestion. While staying at “Big Pink,” he takes up painting and finds that all the art he creates has a certain sinister theme to them; the neighbors are a bit eccentric too.
When one talks about Stephen King, you think instantly of The Stand, The Shining, and Salem’s Lot, but I would consider Duma Key to be just as good, if not better than these works. The protagonist is easily likable. Freemantle has quirks and admits to many of his flaws; he’s human. In fact, all of the characters and scenery are so thoroughly fleshed out that King, a part-time Sarasota County resident, had to let readers know that Duma Key is a fictionalized island.
Anyone who enjoys reading supernatural horror and/or mythology would really find this book an interesting, quick read.
Robyn Matako