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KING STEPHEN THE LIFE OF CHUCK

Stephen King's 'The Life of Chuck' is a 'phenomenal' ( USA Today ) tale of life and legacy -
and now a feature film directed by Mike Flanagan and starring Tom Hiddleston  Mark Hamill 
Chiwetel Ejiofor  and Karen Gillan out in the UK from August 2025. Available for the first time
in a beautiful standalone edition in June.   Originally featured in the acclaimed story
collection If It Bleeds   this unforgettable  mind-bending tale unfolds in reverse  taking
readers through the extraordinary life of Charles 'Chuck' Krantz.  In a crumbling world plagued
by natural disasters  collapsing infrastructure  and mass panic  bizarre billboards and
advertisements appear throughout town: 'Charles Krantz. Thirty-nine great years. Thanks 
Chuck!' Marty Anderson  a schoolteacher  becomes obsessed with these messages as the world 
inexplicably linked to Chuck's life  seems to be approaching its end.  Told in three acts 
presented in reverse order  The Life of Chuck explores one man's past. We see him in middle age
on a business trip in Boston as he is seduced by a busker into spinning a gorgeous sidewalk
dance. And we see him as a child  in a house haunted by a terrible secret  learning to dance
with his grandmother. In these pages King reminds us that life's quotidian pleasures are even
more glorious because they are fleeting: the outrageous good fortune of a beautiful blue day
after a string of gray ones  the delight of dancing when every move feels perfect  a
serendipitous meeting. King's ability to describe pure joy rivals his ability to terrify us.  
Winner of the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award  The Life of Chuck is a
glorious story about community and about humanity at its best  a celebration of joy  mystery 
existential wonder  and the multitudes contained in all of us.

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