num_pages: 679
description: When a writer returns to his Maine home town, he discovers that the peaceful hamlet is being overrun by vampires and sets out to curb this ancient evil before it can spread
language: English
title: 'Salem's Lot
titlecomplete: 'Salem's Lot
characters: Larry McLeod, Weasel Craig, Buddy Bascomb, Tookey, Mike Ryerson, Larry Crockett, Hal Griffen, Father Donald Callahan, Benjamin Mears, Loretta Starcher, Royal Snow, Richard Throckett Straker, Joe Crane, Mark Petrie, Charles Boone, Cynthia Stowens, Dud Rogers, Matt Burke, Sonny James, Miss Coogan, Susan Norton, Harriet Durham, Nolly Gardener, Dr James Cody, Danny Glick, June Petrie
genres: Fiction, Mystery, Thriller, Vampires, Horror, Paranormal, Adult, Fantasy, Supernatural, Audiobook
ratings_count: 432801
places: Maine, Jerusalem's Lot, Maine
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: G K Hall & Co