Needful Things
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4.6 • 48 Ratings
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- $10.99
Publisher Description
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…
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
Stephen King’s 1991 horror epic is an ingeniously macabre ode to rural America’s secret depravities. Set in Castle Rock, Maine—King’s oft-revisited version of Peyton Place—Needful Things introduces shadowy shopkeeper Leland Gaunt, who grants invaluable material wishes and charges next to nothing…unless you count his seemingly innocuous assignments to play small pranks on neighbors. But this is Stephen King, and Gaunt’s juvenile tricks somehow escalate into grotesque acts of interpersonal violence. Long before the first axe falls, King’s gift for conjuring a creeping sense of unease is on full display.
Customer Reviews
The Hurt
Come see me fella
I have wares for you
It does not matter
What is true
For I can see
Into your heart
Yes I can feel
The darker part
A bargain yes
That’s what you want
I’m your best friend
I’m Leland Gaunt
A small favour
Innocent yes
Enjoy yourself
But don’t confess
Then this object
Your needful thing
Will quiet your brain
That’s what I bring
A soul what use
I ask you now
Listen to me
Kneel and bow
Hurt is my tool
Can you resist
Or pay my price
That is my wish.