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'Salem's Lot

a chilling classic from the No. 1 bestseller

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'Salem's Lot

By: Stephen King
Narrated by: Ron McLarty
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Summary
 Don't miss King's #1 chilling classic, now a major motion picture from Warner Bros. Pictures. Available in cinemas (UK and Germany) or stream on MAX from October 2024.

'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...©1975 Stephen King Crime Fiction Fantasy Horror Supernatural Suspense Thriller & Suspense Fiction Scary

Critic Reviews

Hugely impressive
One of the few horror writers who can truly make the flesh creep
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
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
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King's second book after Carrie, and definitely worth a listen. Very clever composition and writing with familiar characters and a certain nostalgic charm. Would recommend.

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Better than I remember when I read it 30 yrs ago. Early SK when he was at the peak of his powers. Some language that reminds me of Cormack so beautifully is it written. 😀

Fantastic.

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loved this. one of my favourites by the king. and listening on audio was just as thrilling as when I first read it. will not disappoint. I binged on it for 2 days until finishes. could not put it away even to sleep ..

brilliant.

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a Stephen king classic.
all tied together witha great voice that drew the listener in but kept the voices quirky, such as the Sherif, Matt and barlo himself.
really enjoyed this listen

classic story, great narration

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sensational novel, well written, well read. the 1970s were crazy misogynistic though. you can scream "a product of its time" all you want, but a throw away like about how a husband has beaten and raped his wife every night doesn't go down well for me.

if you are willing to constantly remind yourself "it was the 70s get over it" it's an incredible experience.

an incredible tale marred only by its time.

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