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Needful Things

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Needful Things

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Stephen King
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There was a new shop in town. Run by a stranger.

Needful Things, the sign said. The oddest name. A name that caused some gossip and speculation among the good folks of Castle Rock, Maine, while they waited for opening day.

Eleven-year-old Brian Rusk was the first customer and he got just what he wanted, a very rare 1956 Sandy Koufax baseball card. Signed. Cyndi Rose Martin was next. A Lalique vase. A perfect match for her living room decor.

Something for everyone. Something you really had to have. And always at a price you could just about afford. The cash price that is. Because there was another price. There always is when your heart's most secret, true desire is for sale . . .

(P)2008 Penguin Audiobooks©1991 Stephen King Genre Fiction Horror Psychological Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fantasy Fiction Paranormal Scary Heartfelt
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An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing . . . is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading.
A sophisticated literary craftsman . . . his work anatomises . . . the social fabric of small-town American life.
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Reminiscent of Salem's Lot in that an old guy opens a shop in a quaint town and is not all he seems. The residents find themselves buying items they feel they 'need' and go to extremes to keep them.

Naff ending

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As it is read by the author you know the story is being told as intended to be.

Really enjoyed

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Loved it but the big no no is the music and sound effects!! The music is appalling and drowns our the narration and is totally inappropriate for the story - it’s a great book and doesn’t need it!!

Great book

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not his best work but still enjoyable, the music parts were irritating but I got used to them

its ok

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Amazing book, Stephen King did a good job as well. But damn the music inbetween is so irritating!!!

Typical Stephen King!

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