Stephen king word count 112263 274,672 bag of bones 203,3 black house 252,270 blockade billy 15,917 carrie 60,718 cell 121,931 christine 193,602 cujo 121,150 cycle of the werewolf 15,955 desperation 195,011 doctor sleep. Outside a peaceful town in central maine, a monster is waiting. When i read cujo i was terrified, and my hands even shook as i put the book down, finally finished at the end of the long night. Cujo is an unique by bestselling horror writer stephen king.
If you are an author of a book or know of a book s accurate wordcount, contact me. This is king at his most visceral, his most unrelenting, his most vicious. Cujo, is not so much a horror book as it is a thriller cum drama. Then, donna the main character and tad her son trenton go to get their car fixed and the car quits halfway in cujos owners driveway.
Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to savage the flesh and devour the mind. Is the stephen king novel cujo appropriate for a year old. The last time was carrie, a pure horror book, which was extremely tightly written, and therefore was quite a treat. Lewis teagues ecohorror masterpiece cujo, made an entire generation of. Mar 01, 2010 steve kemp, donna trentons jilted lover, is a cretin. When cujo tries to follow the rabbit into the hole, he gets bitten by one of the rabid bats. The book was released by viking on 8 september 1981 plot. Later in the book, when cujo is killing the police officer, the police officer thinks about dodd.
Cujo can be seen as a tragic being as he actually doesnt want to kill anyone but the disease had taken over his mind and turned him into a feral. While donna and vic trenton struggle to save their rocky marriage, their son tad befriends the loveable 200lb st. One afternoon, their sweet natured dog, cujo, chases a rabbit through a field. A big, friendly dog chases a rabbit into a hidden underground caveand stirs a sleeping evil crueler than death itself. Donna kills cujo with the dead sheriffs revolver, manages barely to resuscitate tad, and is joined by her husband outside who has just arrived as the carnage ends. Jan 26, 2017 new book charts the making of lewis teagues 1983 stephen king shocker cujo.
It was written by don carlos dunaway and barbara turner using the pen name lauren currier, and starring dee wallace, daniel hugh kelly and danny pintauro the film follows a mother and her son who are trapped inside their car, while protecting themselves from a rabid st. With a rabid dog running around a small town, things become dangerous. The novel won the british fantasy award in 1982 and was made into a film in 1983. Steve kemp, donna trentons jilted lover, is a cretin. Cujo is a good and gentle animal, but what dog can resist a rabbit racing by.
Revisiting cujo by richard chizmar stephen king revisited. Recently moved to castle rock, the trentons are nice, responsible people. Cujos not hungry no more, brett said, the words riding out on that sigh. Is the stephen king novel cujo appropriate for a year.
In one of stephen kings great stories, a dog named cujo is accidentally stricken with rabies. While kings work often involves a supernatural element, in cujo s case, the scenario at the center is not at all impossible to imagine happening in real life. Cujo it happens innocently enough, but doesnt it always. But joseph took up hockey after displaying an interest and ability in athletics, and he separated from his family as a teen. Once upon a time, not so long ago, a monster came to the small town of castle rock, maine. Though cujo is not as spooky as many of kings other titles, i did like the supernatural element and themes of dominance through forms of violence. With nowhere to go, donna has a hard time making it through the subsequent siege by the dog. Cujo, stephen kings tale of a dog made murderous by rabies, ends in a much different, darker way on the page than on the movie screen. One day, cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats and emerges as something new altogether. Bernard dog who contracted rabies after being bitten on the nose by a rabid bat, and now the dog is a killer. Mar 27, 2009 cujo stephen king i read a stephen king after a long, long time. So i decided to download cujo due to the repeats of the movie being shown on the telebox. The telephone book slithered from his fingers and thudded against the wall again. With dee wallace, daniel hugh kelly, danny pintauro, christopher stone.
If you followed the main details of the story, youll do fine. The story is set almost entirely in the fictional town of castle rock, maine and centers on cujo, a st. When i watched the movie, and tad lives, it pretty much ruined the movie for me, and didnt resonate with me emotionally. The second of the castle rock novels based in the summer of 1980, where young tad trenton thinks there is a monster in the closet, but this time the monster in the closet turns out to be a.
While kings work often involves a supernatural element, in cujos case, the scenario at the center is not at all impossible to imagine happening in real life. One day cujo chases a rabbit into a cave inhabited by sick bats. Word count estimates are not guaranteed to be accurate. Cujo and captain mike are homeported at star island yacht club, montauks finest marina. Here are facts about cujo that you can really sink your teeth into. Cujos illness goes undetected by his owners, who are embroiled in their very own dramatization, enabling the disease to advance to the point that cujo turns from a gentle, loving pet dog into a horrible killer. This is a journey into the mind of a small cat with a huge ego. A book without chapters is a little unusual, but you soon get used to it and a good story is a good story. The cujo cat chronicles began its life as a blog based on a day in the life of a tyrannical housecat.
The book was released by viking on 8 september 1981. Cujo quotes by stephen king meet your next favorite book. He stood immobile for a short time by the counter, and charity did likewise by the kitchen door. Meanwhile, vic and donna trenton, and their young son tad, move to maine. Get ready to meet the most hideous menace ever to terrorize the town of castle rock, maine. Cujo begins as a remarkably good natured german shepherd and descends into a psychotic beast. Recently moved to castle rock, the trentons are nice, responsible people, the sort who definitely wouldnt have. Cujo s not hungry no more, brett said, the words riding out on that sigh. Having finally reread this book, i am quite bowled over by the experience. A terrified fouryearold boy sees his bedroom closet door swing open untouched by human hands, and screams at the unholy red eyes gleaming in the darkness. Cujo is a twohundredpound saint bernard, the best friend brett camber has ever had. Reading length is a participant in the amazon services llc associates program, an affiliate advertising program designed to provide a means for us to earn fees by linking to and affiliated sites.
Cujos mother and her son go on a trip and leave cujo and the father at home. Captain mike montauk cujo montauk charter fishing trips. Bernards are large, powerful dogs, but thankfully, the breed as a whole tends to be gentle. New book charts the making of lewis teagues 1983 stephen king shocker cujo.
Cujo s mother and her son go on a trip and leave cujo and the father at home. Towards the beginning of the novel, a good 45 pages talk about frank dodd, who as far as i know had almost nothing to do with the story. Cujo is a huge saint bernard dog, the best friend brett camber has ever had. Once cujo kicks into gear, its a hell of a film, with plenty of nerve jangling thrills and intense action scenes. He stood up again, now holding the gravy boat cradled to his chest.
It soon gained an international following as well as a fan club on facebook. Cujo is a 1983 american horror film based on stephen kings 1981 novel of the same name and directed by lewis teague. He was not a werewolf, vampire, ghoul, or unnameable creature from the enchanted forest or snow wastes. The abundant waters of the east end, and affluent surrounding communities of long island provide the perfect place for cujo and captain mike. Dec 20, 2012 cujo is a good dog who cant help but go bad once the rabies virus gets into his blood, and that sense of random helplessness infects the entire book. Cujo is a frightening, but uneven horror tale of a rabid st. The movie cujo is one of my all time favourites so i was excited about finally reading the book, but oh want a surprise was i in for. Lewis teagues ecohorror masterpiece cujo, made an entire generation of horror fans think twice before allowing.
It was written by don carlos dunaway and barbara turner using the pen name lauren currier, 2 3 and starring dee wallace, daniel hugh kelly and danny pintauro. In fact, though, cujo spends most of the book involved with donna and tad trenton. This is so reccomended, in fact i might blow of the dust and reread it. For the character, see cujo cujo is the twelfth book published by stephen king. Cujo stephen king i read a stephen king after a long, long time. What happens to cujo, how he becomes a horrifying vortex inescapably drawing in all the people around him, makes for one of the most heartstopping novels stephen king has ever written. Bernard dog who terrorizes a woman and her son who are trapped in a stalled car. Cujo s name was based on the alias of willie wolfe.
Steven king, you really didnt do yourself justice with the book, but the movie was fantastic. Cujo ebook by stephen king 9781501141126 rakuten kobo. Dec 15, 2019 cujo, stephen kings tale of a dog made murderous by rabies, ends in a much different, darker way on the page than on the movie screen. Cujo ai brings to fixed network, mobile and public wifi operators around the world a complete portfolio of products to provide end users with a seamlessly integrated suite of digital life protection services while improving their own network monitoring, intelligence and protection capabilities. I enjoyed the book although it is not king at its finest. So cujo chases the rabbit into a hole in the side of a meadow, which turns out to be the entrance to a small limestone cave full of rabid bats. Cujo is a family canine who is attacked by a crazed bat.
I just finished cujo, and i still have a lot of questions about the dog, and what was inside tads closet. Sports sometimes is called a way out for such kids, even if counting on such an event is a long shot. Then, donna the main character and tad her son trenton go to get their car fixed and the car quits halfway in cujo s owners driveway. Nov 02, 2012 in fact, though, cujo spends most of the book involved with donna and tad trenton. Sep 05, 2010 donna kills cujo with the dead sheriffs revolver, manages barely to resuscitate tad, and is joined by her husband outside who has just arrived as the carnage ends. K book i had read, it is without doubt one of the best reads and the reason im an constant reader.
Cujo is a 200pound saint bernard, the best friend brett camber has ever had. Book your montauk fishing adventure now with cujo and captain mike. The cambers are long time residents, a bluecollar family in which the father, joe, is an abusive mechanic. Cujo was once a friendly and playful companion, but when he got rabies from a bat bite, he went insane and was turned into a vicious killer that attacked anybody who came near him.
Jun 17, 20 while donna and vic trenton struggle to save their rocky marriage, their son tad befriends the loveable 200lb st. Cujo is not the only book stephen king has written in this way. It wasnt long before cujos fans or minions were asking for a book. Im not convinced that it translated to the movie as the interconnectedness was lost through omission of certain plot points. If you are an author of a book or know of a books accurate wordcount, contact me. In the sense, it doesnt have your usual spirits, and ghosts, and apparitions out to capture. Thats part of the reason why cujo has always been my least favorite stephen king novel until now, that is. Cujo is the twelfth book published by stephen king. He made helpless water in his pants, and the sharp, ammoniac reek of it struck cujos nose like a keen slap. Hardcover paperback movie dvd first edition release date. Nice doggy, he whispered huskily, and spit ran down his chin. Cujo is a good dog who cant help but go bad once the rabies virus gets into his blood, and that sense of random helplessness infects the entire book.
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