Needful Things: A Novel
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Set in the fictional town of Castle Rock, Maine
Master storyteller Stephen King presents the classic #1 New York Times bestseller about a mysterious store than can sell you whatever you desire—but not without exacting a terrible price in return.
The town of Castle Rock, Maine has seen its fair share of oddities over the years, but nothing is as peculiar as the little curio shop that’s just opened for business here. Its mysterious proprietor, Leland Gaunt, seems to have something for everyone out on display at Needful Things…interesting items that run the gamut from worthless to priceless. Nothing has a price tag in this place, but everything is certainly for sale. The heart’s desire for any resident of Castle Rock can easily be found among the curiosities…in exchange for a little money and—at the specific request of Leland Gaunt—a whole lot of menace against their fellow neighbors. Everyone in town seems willing to make a deal at Needful Things, but the devil is in the details. And no one takes heed of the little sign hanging on the wall: Caveat emptor. In other words, let the buyer beware…
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ISBN-10
1501147412
ISBN-13
978-1501147418
Print length
816 pages
Language
English
Publisher
Scribner
Publication date
March 19, 2018
Dimensions
5.31 x 1.9 x 8.25 inches
Item weight
1.35 pounds
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Everyone loves something for nothing . . . even if it costs everything.
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At fifty-one you had to keep running just to escape the avalanche of your own past.
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But the real reason he’d gone was the one most bad decisions have in common: it had seemed like a good idea at the time.
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Editorial reviews
King’s best…fast-paced, well-constructed…cleverly plotted. (The Cleveland Plain Dealer)
Demonic…tremendous…King’s let’s-blow-‘em-awaysuper climax is wonderful…the horrromaster in top form…one of his best. (Kirkus)
Brilliant…magnificent…grand…ranks with King's best. (Publishers Weekly)
Sharply realized…juicy…Every word King writes is worth reading…a read in the tradition of The Stand. (Booklist)
Stephen King is the first writer in the history of horror fiction to claim a huge, diverse readership, many of whose members read horror only when it bears the King label. In Needful Things, the message is mean and scary. (Washington Post)
About the authors
Stephen King
Stephen King is the author of more than fifty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His first crime thriller featuring Bill Hodges, MR MERCEDES, won the Edgar Award for best novel and was shortlisted for the CWA Gold Dagger Award. Both MR MERCEDES and END OF WATCH received the Goodreads Choice Award for the Best Mystery and Thriller of 2014 and 2016 respectively.
King co-wrote the bestselling novel Sleeping Beauties with his son Owen King, and many of King's books have been turned into celebrated films and television series including The Shawshank Redemption, Gerald's Game and It.
King was the recipient of America's prestigious 2014 National Medal of Arts and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for distinguished contribution to American Letters. In 2007 he also won the Grand Master Award from the Mystery Writers of America. He lives with his wife Tabitha King in Maine.
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8,621 global ratings
Patricia f. crumley
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Always on the lookout for the next King book
Reviewed in the United States on September 15, 2024
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I loved it! It was a classic King work! A classic story of good versus evil! I would suggest it to any "bookworm"! Never lets you down!
Karen S. Williams
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Excellent thrilker!!
Reviewed in the United States on September 21, 2024
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Item arrived quickly and as described, excellent service. What a great thriller! Love Stephen King books & movies!
L Marshall
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Needful Things says a whole lot!
Reviewed in the United States on September 6, 2024
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This book represents humanity well in its need to be comforted, even when that comfort is cloaked in deception. Wickedly accurate. Great read. Many years later, I thoroughly enjoyed it.
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