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Book Review of The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, Bk 1)

The Gunslinger  (Dark Tower, Bk 1)
The Gunslinger (Dark Tower, Bk 1)
Author: Stephen King
Genre: Horror
Book Type: Mass Market Paperback
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Helpful Score: 1


This heroic fantasy is set in a world of ominous landscape and macabre menace that is a dark mirror of our own. A spellbinding tale of good versus evil, it features one of Stephen King's most powerful creations-The Gunslinger, a haunting figure who embodies the qualities of a lone hero through the ages, from ancient myth to frontier western legend.
The Gunslinger's questinvolves the pursuit of the Man in Black, a liaison with the sexually ravenous Alice, and a friendship with the kid from Earth called Jake. Both grippingly realistic and eerily dreamlike.