Revival

By Stephen King

Subjects: Fanaticism, Clergy, Ex-drug addicts, Religion and science, Literary, nyt:hardcover-fiction=2014-11-30, Clergy, fiction, Fiction, Drug addicts, Musiciens rock, Romans, nouvelles, FICTION / Horror, Fiction, thrillers, suspense, Good and evil, Horror, Toxicomanes, Musicians, fiction, Fiction, horror, Fiction, suspense, Religious fanaticism, Suspense, FICTION / Suspense, Large type books, New York Times bestseller, Death, Life change events, Rock musicians, Pasteurs, Fanatisme religieux, New York Times reviewed, FICTION / Literary, Electricity

Description: In a small New England town over half a century ago, a boy is playing with his new toy soldiers in the dirt when he looks up to see a striking man, the new minister, Jamie learns later he is a man who with his beautiful wife will transform the church and the town. The men and boys are a bit in love with Mrs. Jacobs; the women and girls, with the Reverend Jacobs -- including Jamie's sisters and mother. Then tragedy strikes, and this charismatic preacher curses God, and is banished from the shocked town. Jamie has demons of his own. Wed to his guitar from age 13, he plays in bands across the country, running from his own family tragedies, losing one job after another when his addictions get the better of him. Decades later, sober and living a decent life, he and Reverend Charles Jacobs meet again in a pact beyond even the Devil's devising, and the many terrifying meanings of Revival are revealed. King imbues this spectacularly rich and dark novel with everything he knows about music, addiction, and religious fanaticism, and every nightmare we ever had about death.