This is a magnificent and terrifying tale in which good is pitted against overwhelming evil, and a heroic boy-and his dog-must lead the battle.Įarly in the Pandemic, King asked himself: “What could you write that would make you happy?” What Bowditch knows, and has kept secret all his long life, is that inside the shed is a portal to another world. Then, when Bowditch dies, he leaves Charlie a cassette tape telling a story no one would believe.
Sometimes strange sounds emerge from it.Ĭharlie starts doing jobs for Mr. When Charlie is seventeen, he meets a dog named Radar and her aging master, Howard Bowditch, a recluse in a big house at the top of a big hill, with a locked shed in the backyard.
Charlie learned how to take care of himself-and his dad. His mom was killed in a hit-and-run accident when he was seven, and grief drove his dad to drink. "A delightfuly marvelous story bound to enchant all Willy Wonka fans" (Telegraph).Legendary storyteller Stephen King goes into the deepest well of his imagination in this spellbinding novel about a seventeen-year-old boy who inherits the keys to a parallel world where good and evil are at war, and the stakes could not be higher-for that world or ours.Ĭharlie Reade looks like a regular high school kid, great at baseball and football, a decent student. Throw in the Vermicious Knids, Gnoolies, and Minusland and we once again witness pure genius.
The American space race gets a send-up, as does the President, and Charlie's family gets a second chance at childhood. What follows is exactly the kind of high-spirited magical madness and mayhem we've all come to expect from Willy Wonka and his creator Roald Dahl. As the book begins, our heroes are shooting into the sky in a glass elevator, headed for destinations unknown. Picking right up where Charlie and the Chocolate Factory left off, Charlie and the Great Glass Elevator continues the adventures of Charlie Bucket, his family, and Willy Wonka, the eccentric candy maker. Near fine in a fine dust jacket with a touch of shelfwear.
Boldly signed by Roald Dahl on the front free endpaper. Octavo, original half cloth, illustrated. First edition of the sequel to Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, continuing the story of young Charlie Bucket and eccentric chocolatier Willy Wonka as they travel in the Great Glass Elevator.
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