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Twelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a ...Show synopsisTwelve-year-old Jack spends his days alone in a deserted coastal town, his father gone, his mother dying. Then he meets a stranger - and embarks on a terrifying journey. For Jack must find the Talisman, the only thing that can save his mother. His quest takes him into the menacing Territories, a parallel world where violence, surprise and the titanic struggle between good and evil reach across a mythic landscape.Hide synopsis
The Talisman (Viking Books) – Hardcover (1984)
by
Stephen King, Peter Straub
Hardcover, Viking Books 1984
English
672 pages
ISBN: 0670691992 ISBN-13: 9780670691999
Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer braves the mysterious dangers of the Territories, a surreal parallel world, in his quest--across the United States-for the Talisman, the only hope for his dying mother and for his own survival.Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer braves the mysterious dangers of the Territories, a surreal parallel world, in his quest--across the United States-for the Talisman, the only hope for his dying mother and for his own survival.Hide
Description:Good. Book has some visible wear on the binding, cover, pages....Good. Book has some visible wear on the binding, cover, pages. Biggest little used bookstore in the world!
Description:Good. Dust Cover Missing. Book has a small amount of wear...Good. Dust Cover Missing. Book has a small amount of wear visible on the binding, cover, pages. Selection as wide as the Mississippi.
Description:Good. Book has a small amount of wear visible on the binding,...Good. Book has a small amount of wear visible on the binding, cover, pages. Selection as wide as the Mississippi.
This book is long and does start off a bit slow. Don't let that scare you away from a wonderful coming of age book.
The main character is a 12 year old boy that must work through his pain of losing his father and having to watch his mother waste away due to cancer.
Take all of this and then ...
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I have actually gone thru several paperback copies of this book, worn them right out! I read it the first time many years ago and its the one book that made me a Stephen King fan. It is engaging, exciting, hopeful, tearful at times, but more than that, its imaginations gone wild! The main theme is a ...
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I will start by saying that I have enjoyed many Stephen King novels, including the Dark Tower series that seems to be mentioned in unison with this book. However, this is one of the worst books I have read to date, by any author. Nearly nothing happens in the first 200 pages, or at least not anything ...
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If you want an original, throught provoking, spooky, and adventurous book, then read this one. First off when two Masters writers get together to write a story you know It'll be good. This book I would consider a horror/fantasy! Read this book.
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