Fairy Tale Stephen King

Hodder & Stoughton £22

A new fantasy novel from mega-selling King. The narrator is Charlie, a motherless 17-year-old who’s had to parent his drunk pa, and whose life changes when he meets a dog named Radar and her aged owner. A story-filled cassette tape and a locked shed from which strange sounds emanate tee-up an epic – some might say plain overlong – battle between good and evil, with some knowing narrative winks thrown in.