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With a demonic blend of malice and affection, Stephen King says goodbye to the town he put on the map -- Castle Rock, Maine . . . where Polly Chalmers runs You Sew and Sew and Sheriff Alan Pangborn is in charge of keeping the peace. It's a small town, and Stephen King fans might think they know its secrets pretty well; they've been here before. |
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Needful Things is a 1991 horror novel by American author Stephen King. It is the first novel King wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. It was made into a film of the same name in 1993 which was directed by Fraser C. Heston. The story focuses on a shop that sells collectibles and antiques, managed by Leland Gaunt, a new arrival to the town of Castle Rock, Maine, the setting of many King stories. Gaunt often asks customers to perform a prank or mysterious deed in exchange for the item they are drawn to. As time goes by, the many deeds and pranks lead to increasing aggression among the townspeople, as well as chaos and death. A protagonist of the book is Alan Pangborn, previously seen in Stephen King's novel [The Dark Half](https://openlibrary.org/works/OL81620W). |
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Leland Gaunt is a stranger -- and he calls his shop Needful Things. Eleven-year-old Brain Rusk is his first customer, and Brian finds just what he wants most in all the world; a '56 Sandy Koufax baseball card. By the end of the week, Mr. Gaunt's business is fairly booming, and why not? At Needful Things, there's something for everyone. |
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And, of course, there is always a price. For Leland Gaunt, the pleasure of doing business lies chiefly in seeing how much people will pay for their most secret dreams and desires. And as Leland Gaunt always points out, at Needful Things, the prices are high indeed. Does that stop people from buying? Has it ever? |
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For Alan and Polly, this one week in autumn will be an awful test -- a test of will, desire, and pain. Above all, it will be a test of their ability to grasp the true nature of their enemy. They may have a chance . . . But maybe not, because, as Mr. Gaunt knows, almost everything is for sale: love, hope, even the human soul. |
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With the potent storytelling authority that millions of readers have come to prize, Stephen King delivers an Out Town with a vengeance, an inimitable farewell to a place his fiction has often and long called home. |
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[1]: https://www.stephenking.com/library/novel/needful_things_flap.html |
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New York Times reviewed
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Castle rock (me. : imaginary place), fiction
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Fiction, horror
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Gaunt, leland (fictitious character), fiction
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Consumers
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FICTION / Horror
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FICTION / Small Town & Rural
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FICTION / Thrillers / Supernatural
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Maine, fiction
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Gift shops -- Maine -- Fiction
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Practical jokes -- Maine -- Fiction
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Harassment -- Maine -- Fiction
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Violence -- Maine -- Fiction
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Police -- Maine -- Fiction
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Boutiques de cadeaux -- Maine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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Violence -- Maine -- Romans, nouvelles, etc
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Gift shops
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Harassment
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Police
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Practical jokes
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Violence
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Maine
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Chang pian xiao shuo
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