![]() ![]() ![]() As a child Elizabeth fell from a carriage, the head injury and subsequent memory loss leaving her vulnerable to an entity referred to throughout the book as Perse. Once he's arrived on the island (one of the Florida keys) hoping relocation will assist his recovery, it's not long before Edgar encounters Wireman, carer for Elizabeth Eastlake, the sole survivor of a wealthy family who inhabited the island in the early years of the 20th century. Duma Key could have been called Shit Happens You are absolutely not allowed to blame anyone - not his wife for leaving him, or the biting ghosts he encounters on the island of the novel's title, because it's just not their fault. ![]() Liking people is a big deal in this book. Told in flashback, the incident kick-starts the book like an over-zealous Health & Safety manifesto, but also serves effectively to make you rather like Edgar. He was a contented construction company CEO who still worked on site until one day his truck was crumpled by a reversing crane with a broken beeper. Joining a long list of troubled Stephen King protagonists with paranormal powers, Edgar Freemantle is the limping, crutch-dependent, one-armed, memory-addled survivor of a near- fatal crash. ![]()
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