![]() ![]() In a town this small any new store becomes a focus of attention. ![]() this is Stephen King, of course), a new store called Needful Things with a mysterious proprietor Leland Gaunt. ![]() My old paperback edition claims Needful Things is "the last Castle Rock story," but it didn't turn out that way (see, for example, Hulu's Castle Rock series and King's 2018 novella Elevation).Įnter into this sleepy town that has evil lurking below the surface (. The novel is set in the fictional small town of Castle Rock, Maine, also the setting for other Stephen King novels like The Dead Zone, Cujo, and The Dark Half. What if we understand the novel as depicting a kind of Buddhist hell realm where desire, delusion, and suffering roll on in a seemingly infinite feedback loop? But as I read it I started working on another angle. I won't even charge anything or expect any nefarious favors in return). These are all interesting lenses through which one might look at the novel (feel free to steal any of them if you want to develop them. ![]() There are obvious Christian overtones about making deals with the devil, not to mention some sort of critique of greed and capitalism or maybe even contemporary resonances about Russian interference in US elections by pitting Americans against each other or how having a lot of guns around makes all of this more deadly. engrossing and fun and well, Stephen King. Needful Things is not my favorite Stephen King novel, but it's. ![]()
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