Not a fanI read it I don't remember it so it's going into the bottom five
The Dark Half (1989)
Others: Negative The Dark Half is a horror novel by American writer Stephen King, published in 1989. Publishers Weekly listed The Dark Half as the second best-selling book of 1989 behind Tom Clancy's Clear and Present Danger. The novel was adapted into a feature film of the same name in 1993.
- ISBN:
- 9781501143779
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- 450 pages
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