Elevation Trade-UK

Title:	Elevation
Author:	Stephen King
Artist:	Cover photograph (c) Wendy Stevenson/Arcangel (mailbox and (c) Shutterstock.com metal letters and fence). Interior Illustrations by Mark Edward Geyer
Publisher:	Hodder & Stoughton
ISBN:	978-1-473-69152-0
Publication Year:	October 30th, 2018
State:	Trade Hardback (144 pages)
Issue Price:	£14.99
First Edition Identifiers:	"First Hodder hardcover edition October 2018" single "1" on number line
Comments:	Deep blue (almost purple) boards with light blue endpapers. Title and author embossed in black on the spine. The dedication reads "Thinking of Richard Matheson". As per usual, WH Smith produced a 'purple' limited edition variant of the cover. Also includes the 1st chapter of Gwendy's Button Box (as well as the paperback copyright page for that book!)

Although Scott Carey doesn’t look any different, he’s been steadily losing weight. There are a couple of other odd things, too. He weighs the same in his clothes and out of them, no matter how heavy they are. Scott doesn’t want to be poked and prodded. He mostly just wants someone else to know, and he trusts Doctor Bob Ellis.

In the small town of Castle Rock, the setting of many of King’s most iconic stories, Scott is engaged in a low grade—but escalating—battle with the lesbians next door whose dog regularly drops his business on Scott’s lawn. One of the women is friendly; the other, cold as ice. Both are trying to launch a new restaurant, but the people of Castle Rock want no part of a gay married couple, and the place is in trouble. When Scott finally understands the prejudices they face – including his own -- he tries to help. Unlikely alliances, the annual foot race, and the mystery of Scott’s affliction bring out the best in people who have indulged the worst in themselves and others.