The Drawing of the Three
1987
- sociopaths
- dissociative identity disorder
- civil rights
- heroin
- cocaine
- lobstrosities
- tarot cards
- horror fiction
- american fantasy fiction
- horror tales
The story
[The Dark Tower][1] II Part II of an epic saga. Roland, the last gunslinger, encounters three mysterious doorways on the beach. Each one enters into a different person living in New York. Through these doorways, Roland draws the companions who will assist him on his quest to save the Dark Tower. ([source][2]) [1]: https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81600W/The_Dark_Tower_1-7 [2]: https://stephenking.com/library/novel/dark_tower_the_drawing_of_the_three_the.html
What it’s like
Lean, austere prose that moves like a horse across open country: short declaratives, sparse description, and a dry, wry voice that trades in offhand menace and sudden bursts of hard color. The first half sits in desolate coastal sand, bleached bone and salt wind, with a slow, watchful sense of a lone rider in an emptied world; the second half shifts into the grimy, neon-edged New York of the late 1980s, all subway grit, chalky heroin and cocaine haze, rendered with a jolt of contemporary tangibility. The mood is wry dread with flickers of dark humor, more tense and eerie than gory, though violence arrives suddenly and can be brutal, and there are grim scenes of addiction and cruelty. Its rhythm is brisk and propulsive, pushing forward through strange encounters and creeping unease, and the emotional register is weary, stoic and occasionally tender, following a hardened loner slowly forming bonds with unlikely companions. Best for readers who like weird fantasy with a noir streak, who enjoy a restless, fast-moving read on a long train journey or late at night, and who can handle hard-edged darkness without needing comfort.
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