Book Bearings
Gerald's Game
- 399 pages · about 7 hours
- First published 1992
- 56 editions
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1 About this book
Gerald and Jessie Burlingame have gone to their summer home on a warm weekday in October for a romantic interlude. After being handcuffed to her bedposts, Jessie tires of her husband's games, but when Gerald refuses to stop she lashes out at him with deadly consequences. Still handcuffed, she is trapped and alone.
Painful memories from her childhood bedevil her. Her only company is a hungry stray dog and the sundry voices that populate her mind. As night comes, she is unsure whether it is her imagination or if she has another companion: someone watching her from the corner of her dark bedroom.
Good for readers who want: horror and a mystery.
- Horror
- Mystery
- Married people
- Sexual Behavior
- Women
- Fear
- Adult child sexual abuse victims
- Terror
2 About Stephen King
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