2023/083: Insomnia — Stephen King

2023/083: Insomnia — Stephen King

... wasn’t it at least possible that the phenomenon was real? That his persistent insomnia, coupled with the stabilizing influence of his lucid, coherent dreams, had afforded him a glimpse of a fabulous dimension just beyond the reach of ordinary perception? [p. 175]

This is really ... very long (916 pages in print), and could have been half the length without much loss of plot. King's prose is generally enjoyable to read, though, and his expansive descriptions effectively conjure up the ambience of each scene.

The viewpoint character is Ralph Roberts, a 70-year-old widower, who after the death of his wife suffers from insomnia.( Read more... )