num_pages: 458
description: Published a year after his stunning debut novel, "Carrie, 'Salem's Lot" firmly cemented Stephen King's name in the literary lexicon of great American storytellers. His rich and finely crafted tale of a mundane New England town under siege by the forces of darkness is both a homage to Bram Stoker's classic "Dracula" and an allegory of our post-Vietnam society. Considered one of the most terrifying vampire novels ever written, it cunningly probes the shadows of the human heart -- and the insular evils of small-town America.
language: English
title: 'Salem's Lot
titlecomplete: 'Salem's Lot
characters: Dr James Cody, Matt Burke, Nolly Gardener, Miss Coogan, Father Donald Callahan, Danny Glick, Sonny James, Richard Throckett Straker, Cynthia Stowens, Mark Petrie, Weasel Craig, Benjamin Mears, Hal Griffen, Charles Boone, Buddy Bascomb, Tookey, Joe Crane, June Petrie, Larry Crockett, Royal Snow, Harriet Durham, Susan Norton, Larry McLeod, Mike Ryerson, Loretta Starcher, Dud Rogers
genres: Audiobook, Thriller, Adult, Supernatural, Fiction, Horror, Fantasy, Vampires, Paranormal, Mystery
ratings_count: 432612
places: Maine, Jerusalem's Lot, Maine
awards: awardedAt: 189331200000
name: World Fantasy Award
category: Best Novel
publisher: Turtleback Books