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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 Fiction Fantasy Paranormal Heartfelt Scary
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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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It is an interesting story although a bit dragged out and really no final explanation at the end as to why but fantastic narrating

Very intriguing

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Really weird and horrible music plays between chapters that is jarring to listen to otherwise Stephen King narrates well. I just really hated the music, which is more like sounds than music.

Great Stephen King novel. Weird distracting music through the naration

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At the start I was a little unimpressed by the story, but it picked up slowly, and by the time I finished the book, I consider it one of his best I’ve read. The narration fit well with the story, and it was nice to hear the king narrate his own book.

Although, the music in between the tracks was dreadful.

Great story

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Love Stephen's books and this one was glorious an awesome listen. Complicated but easy to follow the characters.

Many characters but easy to listen

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I liked the narration, very suitable for this novel. if you like King's Castle Rock setting, you'll like it.

Good easy read novel

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