The narration by James Franco is a natural fit for the atmosphere of the book. This is writing as good as anything in the genre. Their stories are built and gradually threaded into each other as a humble English teacher is propelled towards dangers and evils through unfortunate accidents and the psychic abilities they leave him with. This plot is a relatively slow burn, King is in no hurry to bring his two main protagonists together. Themes and icons repeat, twist and develop gradually revealing their full relevance to the reader. King imbues his stories with incredible details and the everyday is often imbued with ominous portent. This is smaller in ambition and scope but still produces an ultimately satisfying read. For me he is at his very best when he is at his most epic so books like It and The Stand are my personal favourites. The Bright Light of a Master Story-Teller! His writing has been published in Esquire, Vanity Fair, N+1, The Wall Street Journal and McSweeney's, and his art has been exhibited throughout the world, including at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles and MoMA PS1 in New York.

He is the author of the novel Actors Anonymous, the collection Palo Alto, and the memoir A California Childhood. His film appearances include Milk, Pineapple Express, Spring Breakers, Howl, and 127 Hours, which earned him an Academy Award nomination. James Franco is an actor, a director, an artist and a writer. An ability which will bring him into a terrifying confrontation with a charismatic, power-hungry and dangerous man. Now he has an ability to see into the future. He's had these hunches since he had an ice-skating accident as a child. And Johnny is cursed with the power to perceive evil in men's souls. When he wakes up, life has been turned upside down. A young man whose streak of luck ends dramatically in a major car crash. The two things that conjured up that horrible night were his run of luck at the Wheel of Fortune and the mask. Stephen King's fan-favourite thriller, available in audio for the first time, read by Acadamy Award nominee James Franco.

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