Gaunt eventually hires petty criminal john ace merrill as his assistant. Gaunts cocainefuelled hired hand in this novel is ace merrill, last. John ace merrill is the main antagonist of the short story, the body, 1986 film adaption stand by me, and the secondary antagonist in needful things. Besides running the junk shop, pop also loaned out money at outrageous interest rates, taking advantage of desperate people. Set in castle rock, mainekings oftrevisited version of peyton placeneedful things introduces shadowy shopkeeper leland gaunt, who grants invaluable material wishes and charges next to nothingunless you count his seemingly. Leland gaunt, a seemingly demonic being, is the, seemingly, charming and charismatic proprietor of the new store. Leland gaunt is a stranger and he calls his shop needful things. It is the first novel king wrote after his rehabilitation from drug and alcohol addiction. The story is about a shopkeeper who runs his business by exchanging goods for money. Everyone in town seems willing to make a deal at needful things, but the devil is in the details. It is our intent and purpose to foster and encourage indepth discussion about all things related to books, authors, genres or publishing in a safe, supportive environment. The old horrormaster in top form, this time with a demonic dealer in magic and spells selling his wares to the folks of castle rock, scene of several king novels including the dead zone, cujoand how many others.
A mysterious new shop opens in a small town which always seems to stock the deepest desires of each shopper, with a price far heavier than expected. Therefore it need a free signup process to obtain the book. For those of you who have read it, please no spoilers, but do i need to read the other castle rock books before i read needful things, or does it stand alone. Ace merrill whose uncle pop merrill appears in the short story the sun. The story is about a shopkeeper who runs his business by exchanging goods for money and mysterious deeds performed by the customer. Needful things by stephen king this fabulous fantasy, suspense and a tint of horror story mixture written and narrated by stephen king, has been considered as one of his best works put on the market so far. John ace merrill is the main antagonist of the novella the body from different seasons and, consequently the novellas film version, stand by me, as well as a secondary antagonist in the novel needful things. Needful things by stephen king, first edition abebooks. We learn to talk by listening, we learn to write by reading. King has stated that needful things is all of the greedy, negative parts of the decade distilled down into one store a father to his men. Needful things, llc 3 front street suit b11, rollinsford, new hampshire 03869 rated 4. Needful things what should i read before needful things.
The last castle rock story by king, stephen and a great selection of related books, art and collectibles available now at. Elevenyearold brain rusk is his first customer, and brian finds just what he wants most in all the world. The book was published by viking in october of 1991. Needful things is a 1993 american horror film based on stephen king s 1991 novel of the same name. Needful things a wonderful new store has opened in the little town of castle rock, maine. While the stand is very good, the two arent very comparable.
We carry lykke needle sets along with chiaogoo lace. Needful things his first book written after conquering his own addictions, this is a compelling story of how far people will go to satisfy their appetites james. The proprietor, leland gaunt, would tell you that needful things is a store that sells exactly what its customers desire. Alan pangborn first instance of many of sheriff alan pangborn in the book. Oclcs webjunction has pulled together information and resources to assist library staff as they consider how to handle. At the time, i did not enjoy needful things all that much. Needful things is, occasionally pointedly, about the dangers of greed and materialism. It works so well in needful things that i found myself reading. Much more pronounced in the book than the movie, though. Danforth buster keeton in the books is an unpleasant person throughandthrough, even. By the end of the book, i was praying for it to finish.
Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books. But then the cover page said that it was the last castle rock book. Leland gaunt, a seemingly demonic being, is the, seemingly, charming and charismatic proprietor of the new store which has got everybody talking, needful things. He charges small amounts to the things but requests a practical joke for each of them against another inhabitant. His recent work includes the institute, elevation, the outsider, sleeping beauties cowritten with his son owen king, and the bill hodges trilogy. Make a spa cloth and add a french soap for a special gift. Anyone who enters his store finds the object of his or her lifelong dreams and desires. When leland gaunt opens the store needful things, he seems to have the object of desire for each dweller. Stephen kings 1991 horror epic is an ingeniously macabre ode to rural americas secret depravities. While we specialize in current fiction, we try to have books for all readers on our shelves, from romance to nonfiction, young adult to extra spicy. Whatever your hearts secret desiresexual pleasure, wealth, power, or even more precious things its for sale. Numerous and frequentlyupdated resource results are available from this search. Needful things, stephen king leland gaunt opens a new shop in castle rock called needful things.
Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The premise of needful things is remarkable simple and a new take on the making a deal with the devil scenario. Books and authors top teaching blog teachers tool kit student activities the teacher store book clubs book fairs scholastic education classroom magazines. Soon hell breaks loose in town with deaths, violence and riot and sheriff pangborn discovers that leland gaunt is the devil. A name that caused some gossip and speculation among the good folks of castle rock, maine, while they waited for opening day. This is a reread for me, but a reread that is about 15 years apart. I read this during my summer job that took place between my 8th grade exeunt and my high school entrance. So when king calls a novel needful things, you know hes not. Elevenyearold brian rusk was the first customer and he got just what he wanted, a very rare 1956 sandy koufax baseball card. Needful things story is set in castle rock, same as. Stephen king is the author of more than sixty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. Before needful things, i had read other books by king. In 1993, a film adaptation of kings book directed by fraser c.
The story is set in the small, fictional town of castle rock, maine, where a. Occasionally a writer attempts to get something, and it simply doesnt work. King also gets some good digs in at organized religious, nationalism, racism, celebrity worship and, in his first novel since getting sober, the perils and horrors of addiction. Youll find upper end yarn such as alpaca, cotton, wool, cashmere, silk, bamboo, acrylic, even yak. Needful things has just the one your collection is missing. Needful things is the name of the towns newest establishment. Gaunt eventually hires petty criminal john ace merrill as his assistant, providing him with highquality cocaine and. Needful things is the 30th book published by stephen king. The one stephen king book castle rock fans need to read. Apple designs and creates the iphone, ipad, mac notebooks and desktop computers, ios 8, os x, ipod and itunes, and the new apple watch apple inc. Mention of pop merrill and his weird death the sun dog.
A large section of our store is books, new and used, most at half or less of the original price. Quick question about needful things by stephen king. I recently started working interstate, so it was an 8hr drive on weekends to see my family. Find all the books, read about the author, and more. But needful things was reduced on audio books, so i got it.
I know that once i found things i wanted to teach, i couldnt find materials, so i started down the road to making my own. Needful things book by stephen king official publisher. A novel and millions of other books are available for instant. Stephen king needful things audiobook stephen king. King locates his hokey our town in maine, but as ever its really consumerville, usa, with everyones life festooned with brand names. As an 40 year old adult i have dropped my 5 star rating down to a 44. Needful things 1993 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. And even though every item has a nerveshattering price, the owner is always ready to make a bargain. The reason for this being that, whilst i love stephen kings writing style, i found that needful things was just a little too long. Reginald marion pop merrill was a resident of castle rock, maine, and owner of the emporium galorium.
That said, the lesserknown novel needful things is a clue for castle. Ace lived most of his life in castle rock, maine except in stand by me, in which castle rock is located in oregon ace is the nephew of reginald pop merrill. Shop needful thingsyarn store and more needfulthings. Gaunt had taken from the window display and put into his hands. What exactly does a store with such a strange name sell. I hadnt considered needful things one of those, preferring it and the stand. Good list, i havent read all the other books yet but im working on it. Needful things was stephen kings attempt to write the last castle rock story and deliver his invented city, which served as the setting for all his audio books, to a finish. Its the only book in the show window, i assure you, mr. Needful things teaching resources teachers pay teachers. Welcome,you are looking at books for reading, the needful things, you will able to read or download in pdf or epub books and notice some of author may have lock the live reading for some of country. Contentsshow biography the body in the story, they are mainly just bullies for gordie lachance and his friends. I still have my original copy of needful things, which i loved at age 19.
He died in the emporium when the paranormal camera he was holding exploded, splashing a glob of molten plastic on his neck. Needful things is a 1991 horror novel by american author stephen king. However, after we have given our students that awesome story we have to have them do something. The girl who had left on a greyhound with a bun in her oven was now a woman of almost forty and had been back, living and doing business in town, for four years, and no one even knew the sex of the child that had caused her to leave. John ace merrill is the main antagonist of the novella the body from different seasons and. Needful things by stephen king goodreads share book.