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Needful Things is an American full-length novel of the supernatural thriller genre. It was written by author Stephen King and first published in hardcover format by Viking Press in October, 1991.

Characters

 * Alan J. Pangborn
 * Brian Rusk
 * Danforth "Buster" Keeton, III
 * John "Ace" Merrill
 * Leland Gaunt
 * Myrtle Keeton
 * Nettie Cobb
 * Norris Ridgewick
 * Polly Chalmers
 * Wilma Jerzyck

Locales

 * Maine
 * Castle County
 * Castle Rock

Notes & Trivia

 * Needful Things was marketed as "The Last Castle Rock Story" on the cover.


 * This is the first novel that Stephen King wrote after his drug and alcohol rehabilitation.


 * Needful Things was adapted into a feature film in 1993 by director Fraser C. Heston and starred Max von Sydow, Ed Harris, Bonnie Bedelia and Amanda Plummer.


 * The short story, "It Grows on You", originally published in Marshroots magazine in 1973 serves as an epilogue to this story.


 * Brian Rusk is the first character to begin the circle of pranks that infect the town.