...and it's more than great - which is something I didn't think I would be saying. I kind of lost track with Mr King after a while and I'm still not 100% sure a sequel to The Shining is a good idea (especially one with a title that sounds like a Dean Koontz book: 'Doctor Sleep') and I really don't have the time these days to lose myself in something like Under The Dome (hypocritical maybe but I believe that starts on TV this week as a mini series - so I do have time, but it's a different kind of time, right?).

Anyway - Joyland. I've nearly finished it and will review it for guys at The Void but I suspect it's the best novel he's put out in something like twenty years - and you know why? Because he's having fun with it and letting his passion for telling a story come out rather than having to write another book because he's Stephen King.

If you like pulp stories, Hard Case Crime are putting out some really, really good material at the moment.

Get it on...