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The Talisman
Stephen King and Peter Straub
Twelve-year-old Jack Sawyer embarks on an epic quest across America and its parallel world, the Territories, to find the Talisman that can save his dying mother. A sweeping fantasy adventure co-written with Peter Straub.
Did You Know?
- •King and Straub wrote alternating sections, often communicating by phone
- •A sequel, Black House, was published in 2001
- •Steven Spielberg held the film rights for decades but a movie was never made
- •The novel has connections to the Dark Tower series
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