His mother’s girlfriend eventually forces him to help in an active case. Jamie’s mother financial troubles and her rocky relationship with a NYPD detective cause a further strain on his childhood. His attempts at normality are thwarted by his ‘talent’. Raised by his single mother, a literary agent, from a very young age Jamie could see ghosts. Now in his twenties, Jamie looks back to his childhood and early teens. Set in New York between the late 2000s and early 2010s Later centres on and is narrated by Jamie. Yet, while he has written more than book starring a child who Sees Dead People, Later gives a new slant to this classic trope. The prose, characters, themes, and atmosphere in Later are pure King. This is the 14th novel I’ve read by him and it deepened my already deep appreciation of him. Stephen King simply excels at writing ‘kids with powers’.
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