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The wind through the keyhole : a Dark Tower novel
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- ISBN: 9781451658095 (pbk.)
- ISBN: 1451658915 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 9781451658910 (trade pbk.)
- ISBN: 1451658907 (hc.)
- ISBN: 9781451658903 (hc.)
- Physical Description: viii, 309 p. ; 24 cm.
- Edition: 1st Scribner hardcover ed.
- Publisher: New York : Scribner ; Pocket Books, c2012.
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- 35 of 36 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect.
- 1 of 1 copy available at Chetwynd Public Library. (Show preferred library)
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- 0 current holds with 36 total copies.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chetwynd Public Library | Fic Kin (Text) | 35222000819523 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Burns Lake Public Library | AF KIN (Text) | 35198000410010 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Castlegar Public Library | FIC KIN (Text) | 35146001744630 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Creston Public Library | FIC KIN (Text) | 35140000953805 | Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Dawson Creek Municipal Public Library | F KIN (Text) | DCL137053 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Elkford Public Library | FC KIN (Text) | 35170000331447 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fernie Heritage Library | FIC KIN (Text) | 35136000364373 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort Nelson Public Library | FIC KIN (Text) | 15246000741621 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Fort St. James Public Library | KIN (Dark Tower #8) (Text) | 35196000178389 | Adult Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Granisle Public Library | Apb KIN (Text) | 35190000247401 | Adult Paperback Fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
Sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape shifter, a "skin man," Roland Deschain takes charge of Bill Streeter, a brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast's most recent slaughter. Roland, himself only a teenager, calms the boy by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother used to read to him at bedtime, "The Wind through the Keyhole." (The novel can be placed between Dark Tower IV and Dark Tower V.)
Roland Deschain and his ka-tet—Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy, the billy-bumbler—encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies. As they shelter from the howling gale, Roland tells his friends not just one strange story but two . . . and in so doing, casts new light on his own troubled past. In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man” preying upon the population around Debaria. Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, the brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Only a teenager himself, Roland calms the boy and prepares him for the following day’s trials by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother often read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” Roland says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, never too old. We live for them.” And indeed, the tale that Roland unfolds, the legend of Tim Stoutheart, is a timeless treasure for all ages, a story that lives for us.
Roland Deschain and his ka-tet—Jake, Susannah, Eddie, and Oy, the billy-bumbler—encounter a ferocious storm just after crossing the River Whye on their way to the Outer Baronies. As they shelter from the howling gale, Roland tells his friends not just one strange story but two . . . and in so doing, casts new light on his own troubled past. In his early days as a gunslinger, in the guilt-ridden year following his mother’s death, Roland is sent by his father to investigate evidence of a murderous shape-shifter, a “skin-man” preying upon the population around Debaria. Roland takes charge of Bill Streeter, the brave but terrified boy who is the sole surviving witness to the beast’s most recent slaughter. Only a teenager himself, Roland calms the boy and prepares him for the following day’s trials by reciting a story from the Magic Tales of the Eld that his mother often read to him at bedtime. “A person’s never too old for stories,” Roland says to Bill. “Man and boy, girl and woman, never too old. We live for them.” And indeed, the tale that Roland unfolds, the legend of Tim Stoutheart, is a timeless treasure for all ages, a story that lives for us.
