King, Stephen,
The gunslinger / Stephen King. - New York, NY : Scribner, c2003. - xxvii, 253 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 8 cm.
"#1 New York times bestseller" "A major motion picture starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey" --Front page
Contents: Chapter 1 The gunslinger -- Chapter 2 They way station -- Chapter 3 The oracle and the mountains -- Chapter 4 The slow mutants -- Chapter 5 The gunslinger and the man in black.
An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King’s greatest literary achievement” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.
A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces listeners to one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations, Roland of Gilead: The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which mirrors our own in frightening ways, Roland tracks The Man in Black, encounters an enticing woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the boy from New York named Jake.
Inspired in part by the Robert Browning narrative poem, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” The Gunslinger is “a compelling whirlpool of a story that draws one irretrievable to its center” (Milwaukee Sentinel). It is “brilliant and fresh…and will leave you panting for more” (Booklist)." --Provided by the publisher
Adult
Text in English
9781501168369 [newsprint]
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The gunslinger / Stephen King. - New York, NY : Scribner, c2003. - xxvii, 253 pages : illustration (black and white) ; 8 cm.
"#1 New York times bestseller" "A major motion picture starring Idris Elba and Matthew McConaughey" --Front page
Contents: Chapter 1 The gunslinger -- Chapter 2 They way station -- Chapter 3 The oracle and the mountains -- Chapter 4 The slow mutants -- Chapter 5 The gunslinger and the man in black.
An impressive work of mythic magnitude that may turn out to be Stephen King’s greatest literary achievement” (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution), The Gunslinger is the first volume in the epic Dark Tower Series.
A #1 national bestseller, The Gunslinger introduces listeners to one of Stephen King’s most powerful creations, Roland of Gilead: The Last Gunslinger. He is a haunting figure, a loner on a spellbinding journey into good and evil. In his desolate world, which mirrors our own in frightening ways, Roland tracks The Man in Black, encounters an enticing woman named Alice, and begins a friendship with the boy from New York named Jake.
Inspired in part by the Robert Browning narrative poem, “Childe Roland to the Dark Tower Came,” The Gunslinger is “a compelling whirlpool of a story that draws one irretrievable to its center” (Milwaukee Sentinel). It is “brilliant and fresh…and will leave you panting for more” (Booklist)." --Provided by the publisher
Adult
Text in English
9781501168369 [newsprint]
Movie, TV & Video Game Tie-In Fiction
Supernatural Thrillers
TV, Movie & Game Tie-In Fiction