Edgar initially disregards the message, since Eastlake has Alzheimer's disease.Įdgar slowly recuperates, helped in part by taking longer and longer walks along the beach. Elizabeth later calls Edgar, warning him that Duma Key "has never been a lucky place for daughters". Ilse becomes violently ill as they drive into an overgrown part of the island. While exploring the island with a visiting Ilse, Edgar drives past an elderly woman, Elizabeth Eastlake. Edgar brings up psychic images in his paintings he learns by painting these visions that his younger daughter, Ilse, is engaged to a choir singer and that his ex-wife is having an affair with his former accountant. He settles in with the help of Jack Cantori, a local college student.Įdgar becomes obsessively involved in his art, painting with a furious energy and in a daze. Kamen, Edgar revives his old hobby of sketching after he moves into Big Pink. Edgar's beach house is located on a part of the island called Salmon Point Edgar nicknames the house "Big Pink," because of its rich pink color. He decides to rent a beach house on Duma Key, a small island off the west coast of Florida, after reading about it in a travel brochure. Kamen, Edgar takes "a geographical": a year-long vacation meant for rest and further recovery. During one of those mood swings, he attacks his wife, who later cites that as a main reason why she divorced him. As a result, Edgar also has violent mood swings and thoughts of suicide. Freemantle's right arm is amputated, and severe injuries to his head cause Edgar to have problems with speech, vision, and memory. Paul, Minnesota, barely survives a horrific on-site accident where his truck is crushed by a crane. The dust jacket features holographic lettering.Įdgar Freemantle, a contractor in St.
It is King's first novel to be set in Florida and/or Minnesota.
The book reached #1 on the New York Times Best Seller List. 2008 "First Scribner hardcover edition January 2008" stated on copyright page Scribner publishers, New York large hardbound in saphire blue and black boards with lucid lettering on spine very good condition with unmarked pages black mark on pages bottom (can't see unless book is turned upside down) dust jacket very good.ĭuma Key is a novel by American writer Stephen King published on Januby Scribner.
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