Misery won the first Bram Stoker Award for Novel in 1987 and was nominated for the 1988 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel. King planned the book to be released under the pseudonym Richard Bachman, but his identity was discovered before the book's release. King has outlined the creation of Misery in his memoirs, and mentioned that the image of Annie Wilkes came to him in a dream.
He has stated that Annie is a stand-in for cocaine.
The novel's title has two meanings: it is the name carried by the central heroine of Paul's book series, and King described such a state of emotion during the novel's writing. Paul realizes that he is a prisoner and is forced to indulge his captor's whims. When Paul is seriously injured following a car accident, former nurse Annie brings him to her home, where Paul receives treatment and doses of pain medication. The novel's narrative is based on the relationship of its two main characters – the romance novelist Paul Sheldon and his deranged self-proclaimed number one fan Annie Wilkes. Is "classic Stephen King.Misery is an American psychological horror thriller novel written by Stephen King and first published by Viking Press on June 8, 1987.
And if they don't work, she can get really nasty. Annie becomes his captor, keeping him prisoner in her isolated house.Īnnie wants Paul to write a book that brings Misery back to life-just for her. But she is also furious that the author has killed off her favorite character in his latest book.
Her name is Annie Wilkes, and she is more than a rabid reader-she is Paul's nurse, tending his shattered body after an automobile accident. Paul Sheldon is a bestselling novelist who has finally met his number one fan. Bestseller about a famous novelist held hostage in a remote location by his "number one fan." One of "Stephen King's best.genuinely scary" (
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