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Released in June 2013, Joyland is Stephen King's second novel for the Hard Case Crime imprint, following The Colorado Kid (2005). The novel is primarily a murder mystery/thriller, but considering who the author is, it should come as no surprise that there are significant supernatural elements involved, too.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The novel is set in the summer and autumn of 1973 and follows Devin Jones, a twenty-one-year-old college student from New England who takes an extended summer job in a North Carolina amusement park (the Joyland of the title) after his first girlfriend breaks up with him, leaving him heartbroken. As Dev begins to make friends and learn about the carny way of life, he also becomes fascinated with an unsolved murder which took place in the park four years earlier, and the House of Horrors which is reputedly haunted by the victim's ghost. | |
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Bittersweet Ending: Linda Gray's spirit is laid to rest and her murderer is finally discovered, but Mike eventually succumbs to his illness and dies. Oh, and Joyland ends up bankrupt two years after the events of the story. | |
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Amusement Park of Doom: Subverted, all things considered. Even with the legacy of the murder hanging over it, Joyland is for the most part a happy and well-intentioned place and the ghost that haunts the funhouse isn't malicious or deadly but just wants to 'move on'. | |
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Big Bad: Lane Hardy aka The Carny Killer, the amusement park employee Devin befriended who is actually the serial killer that has unintentionally trapped the ghost of Linda Gray in the amusement park ride. He believes Devin has figured out he was the killer and has been looking to confront him. | |
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Accidental Hero: Dev maintains he is one, which is probably true. | |
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Alone with the Psycho: Dev, at the climax of the novel. | |
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