An edition of Needful Things (1900)

Needful Things

The Last Castle Rock Story

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An edition of Needful Things (1900)

Needful Things

The Last Castle Rock Story

  • 4.1 (21 ratings) ·
  • 320 Want to read
  • 22 Currently reading
  • 60 Have read

Stephen King’s #1 national bestseller about a store where Leland Gaunt can sell you whatever your heart desires—sexual pleasure, wealth, power, or even more precious things—but not without exacting some price in return. “A read in the tradition of The Stand” (Booklist).

Leland Gaunt opens a new shop in Castle Rock called Needful Things. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires: a prized baseball card, a healing amulet. In addition to a token payment, Gaunt requests that each person perform a little “deed,” usually a seemingly innocent prank played on someone else from town. These practical jokes cascade out of control and soon the entire town is doing battle with itself. Only Sheriff Alan Pangborn suspects that Gaunt is behind the population’s increasingly violent behavior.
Source: http://www.simonandschuster.com/books/Needful-Things/Stephen-King/9781508217176

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Previews available in: Polish English

Edition Availability
Cover of: Sklepik z marzeniami
Sklepik z marzeniami
2018, Albatros
in Polish
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things: The Last Castle Rock Story
2016-01, Simon & Schuster Audio
Digital Audio in English
Cover of: Sklepik z marzeniami
Sklepik z marzeniami
2009, Albatros
in Polish
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1993, BCA
in English
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1993, Signet
paperback in English - Movie Tie-In Edition; 1st Signet printing (10)
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1992, BCA
in English
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1992, BCA
in English
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1992, BCA
in English
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1992, BCA
in English
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1992-07, Signet
in English - First Signet Printing (7)
Cover of: Needful Things
Needful Things
1992, BCA
in English

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Digital Audio

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL26530491M
ISBN 10
1508217173
ISBN 13
9781508217176
OCLC/WorldCat
933731025
Goodreads
28112609

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OL81607W

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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.

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