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"THE MASTER OF MODERN HORROR HAS DONE IT
AGAIN . . . Reading Cujo is like having a razor blade drawn
alongtheedge ofyoursubconscious where allthe demons and
monsters arelurking." —
PittsburghPress
"Just when your blood pressure is back to normal, Stephen
King is at it again . . . with a nightmare his fans won't for-
get" —
KansasCityStar
"AHEART-POUNDING, GUT-WRENCHINGTHRILLER
THAT HAUNTS YOUR DREAMS."
—
NewportNewsDaily Press
"The reigninggrand master ofhorrorhas written a novel that
tightens and tapers to a steel-edged denouement that is driven
homewiththe impactof astake t—hrough the heart"
St. LouisGlobe-Democrat
"STEPHEN KING HAS CREATED THE ULTIMATE
HORROR!"
—
Houston Chronicle
(Formore chilling raves aboutStephen King'snewest
andgreatestterrortriumph, please turn page)
"THE FRIGHTMASTER AT THE TOP OF HIS FORM
EVEN BETTER THAN IN THE STAND AND FIRE-
. . .
STARTERl" —
Savannah News-Press
"Stephen King just keeps getting better . . . and Cujo is his
best yet!" —
SantaBarbaraNews
"King has found a blood-chilling horror that can really para-
lyze us." —
DesMoinesSundayRegister
"IT GRABS YOU AND HOLDS AND WONT LET GO
EXCRUCIATING SUSPENSE HORROR THAT
B. U.I.LDS TO AN ALMOST UNBEA.R.A.BLE PEAK
CHILLINGREALITY...AGENUIN—EPAGE-TURNER. l.".
Chattanooga Times
"STEPHEN KING'S NEWEST CHILLER SCARES US
RIGID . . . White knuckles all the way, Cujo is most devas-
tatingly effective in its use of mundane domestic detail to
formthe very sinews of terror." —
Cosmopolitan
"AGAIN STEPHEN KING PROVES HE CAN SCARE
THE LIVING DAYLIGHTS OUT OF—YOU!"
IndianapolisNews
"Hiswork is so powerful because he gives his characters' lives
dimension . . . they are believable. . . . This is a biting novel
of gut-twisting terror and suspense perhaps even better than
King's last bestsellers!" —
Publishers Weekly
"HE BUILDS UP THE SUSPENSE, HOLDS BACK THE
DYNAMITE UNTIL YOU'RE SCREAMING FOR IT,
AND THEN LETS YOU HAVE IT!"—
Minneapolis Tribune
"A WORD OF ADVICE: READ IT IN YOUR WELL.
LIGHTED HOME, BEHIND LOCKED DOORS, WHEN
YOU'RE SNUG IN YOUR OWN BED." —
DenverPost
'THE ULTIMATE THRILLER TWENTY MILLION
. . .
READERS CAN'T BE WRONGI"
—
Playboy
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CUJO
by
Stephen King
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Copyright<g) 1981 byStephen King
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Ice Nine Publishing Company: Portions of text from the song
"Sugaree," words by Robert Hunter, music by Jerry Garcia.
Copyright<S) 1971 by Ice Nine Publishing Company. All rights
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Copyright 1940 and renewed 1968 by W. H. Auden. Reprinted
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PUBLISHER'SNOTE
This novel is a work of fiction. Names, characters,
places, and incidents are either the product of the
author's imagination or are used fictitiously, and any
resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events,
orlocalesis entirely coincidental.
