The Colorado Kid (2005) is a story about storytelling, and our continuous search for answers to questions that might never have answers. It is a short, entrancing novel, with Stephen King at his avancular best, weaving a tale seductively told - of all people by two ageing journalists in a small town in Maine - that grows more intriguing with every chapter, while never actually giving us any definite answers to the central mystery. It's a bold choice for a populist writer like King, who usually specializes in masterfully written but wholly accessible novels, revolving around tired genre tropes raised anew by his unique and incomparable voice.
Here, King stretches his muscles a bit, writing a story about a story with no end, and focusing on a few hours in the lives of two ageing characters who live to tell a good tale. It's a charming little book, and one which ends far too soon.
* The audiobook version, wonderfully narrated by veteran screen and TV actor Jeffrey DeMunn, is highly recommended.
** The book was adapted to TV as the Canadian-American TV series Haven (2010-2015), which bore almost no resemblance to the novel.
Text © Ahmed Khalifa. 2020.
Text © Ahmed Khalifa. 2020.
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