It doesn't take long for the sticky brown stuff to hit the softly spinning blade. These blood suckers don't make an appearance till the second half, after which point the pace picks up substantially. Hints at what to come are plentiful for the keen observer however, with some clever descriptions alluding to the vampire long before they bare their fangs. Salem's Lot is a slow build, it takes time to introduce the major characters, which includes the town itself. Shortly after Ben moves to Salem's Lot, the house is bought by Kurt Barlow and Richard Straker - strangers to the town and strange in nature. That includes the derelict property known as the "Marsten House" which was at one time the residence of infamous hitman Hubert "Hubie" Marsten and has a dark history all it's own. Ben spent part of his Childhood in Salem's Lot and from the outside, little seems to have changed. Written shortly after King moved to Maine (the bulk of the story was actually written before Carrie), it follows the writer Ben Mears as he moves back to the small town of Jerusalem's Lot (known locally as Salem's Lot, a fictional small town in Maine). Salem's Lot was Kings second published novel, following on from his success with Carrie.
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