Hearts in Atlantis (Magill’s Survey of American Literature, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: Stephen King
- First Published: 1999
- Type of Work: Short stories
- Genres: Short fiction
- Subjects: 1960’s, 1970’s, New York, North America or North Americans, Northeast, U.S., United States or Americans, Supernatural, New York City, 1980’s, New England, Connecticut, 1990’s, Vietnam or Vietnamese people
- Locales: New York, NY, Connecticut, Maine, Vietnam
The stories of Hearts in Atlantis revolve around the Vietnam War and its impact on Stephen King's generation, covering a wide range of that generation's experiences.
“Low Men in Yellow Coats” sets the tone for all that follows. With his friends Sully-John and Carol, Bobby Garfield enjoys the summer of 1960. He befriends the new tenant in the third floor of his building, Ted Brautigan, who hires Bobby to keep an eye out for mysterious strangers. Bobby at first does not believe Ted about these “low men,” but that summer his innocence is taken away on many levels: He...
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