'Salem's Lot

Author: Stephen King

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  • : 28.00 NZD
  • : 9781444708141
  • : Hodder & Stoughton
  • : Hodder Paperbacks
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  • : 0.523
  • : December 2011
  • : 197mm X 130mm X 34mm
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  • : 27.99
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  • : English
  • : [Fic]
  • : near fine
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  • : 768
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Barcode 9781444708141
9781444708141

Description

Stephen King's second novel, the classic vampire bestseller 'SALEM'S LOT, tells the story of evil in small-town America.'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets, and solid church steeples. That summer in 'salem's Lot was a summer of homecoming and return; spring burned out and the land lying dry, crackling underfoot. Late that summer, Ben Mears returned to 'salem's Lot hoping to cast out his own devils and found instead a new, unspeakable horror.   A stranger had also come to the Lot, a stranger with a secret as old as evil, a secret that would wreak irreparable harm on those he touched and in turn on those they loved.   All would be changed forever: Susan, whose love for Ben could not protect her; Father Callahan, the bad priest who put his eroded faith to one last test; and Mark, a young boy who sees his fantasy world become reality and ironically proves the best equipped to handle the relentless nightmare of 'Salem's Lot.   This is a rare novel, almost hypnotic in its unyielding suspense, which builds to a climax of classic terror. You will not forget the town of 'salem's Lot nor any of the people who used to live here.

Promotion info

A superb novel set in classic Stephen King territory - a small new England town about to be engulfed by terror.

Reviews

'Mr. King's gift of storytelling is unrivaled. His ferocious imagination is unlimited.' -- George Pelecanos

Author description

Stephen King has been described by the Guardian as 'one of the greatest storytellers of our time', by the Mirror as a 'genius' and by The Sunday Times as 'one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.' In 2003, he was given the National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, for most of the year in Maine, USA.