A beautiful classic hardback edition of King's famous work to celebrate its fiftieth anniversary.
Following the successful launch of CARRIE in our new Classic King range, comes a beautiful hardback classic edition of King's second published novel, 'SALEM'S LOT, produced for the fiftieth Anniversary, with a new introduction by an author whose name is to be revealed!
'Salem's Lot is a small New England town with white clapboard houses, tree-lined streets and solid church steeples. Of course there are tales of strange happenings - but no more than in any other such town.Ben Mears has returned to the Lot to write a novel and exorcise the terrors that have haunted him since childhood - since the event he witnessed at the Marsten House.He finds the house has been rented by a newcomer, a man who causes Ben some unease. And then things start to happen: a child disappears, a dog is brutally killed - nothing unusual, except the list keeps growing . . .Hugely impressive Guardian
One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep Sunday Express
Mr. King's gift of storytelling is unrivaled. His ferocious imagination is unlimited -- George Pelecanos
[King is] ... the guy who probably knows more about scary goings-on in confined, isolated places than anybody since Edgar Allen Poe Entertainment Weekly
Popular fiction's most prolific terror-monger's...genius remains in the conjuring of evil out of ephemera, of a malevolent universe lurking behind the Walmart shopping trolley banality of every day, small town America The Times
STEPHEN KING is the author of more than seventy books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. He is the author of many classic bestselling titles, including Carrie, The Shining and IT, which was adapted into the highest grossing horror film of all time.
Many of his titles are the basis for major motion pictures including IT, Stand By Me (adapted from The Body) and The Shawshank Redemption, which is IMDb's top-rated movie of all time.King is the recipient of The Sunday Times Award for Literary Excellence 2022, the 2020 Audio Publishers Association Lifetime Achievement Award, the 2018 PEN America Literary Service Award, the 2014 National Medal of Arts, and the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters. He lives in Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.This item is eligible for simple returns within 30 days of delivery. Return shipping is the responsibility of the customer. See our returns policy for further details.
