Cujo

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Cujo is a horror novel by Stephen King about a rabid dog terrorizing a small-town family.

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Cujo canonical 10
Cujo (1983 film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf horror novel
novel
adaptedInto Cujo (1983 film)
linked to: Cujo
author Stephen King
containsElement Domestic drama
Supernatural ambiguity
Violence
countryOfOrigin United States
coverArtist Steven Stroud
filmAdaptationDirector Lewis Teague
filmAdaptationReleaseYear 1983
followedBy The Running Man
genre Horror fiction
Psychological horror
hasAnimalCharacter Cujo (Saint Bernard)
linked to: Cujo (dog)
hasConflictType Man vs nature
Man vs self
hasFictionalTown Castle Rock
hasMainCharacter Brett Camber
Charity Camber
Cujo (dog)
Donna Trenton
Joe Camber
Tad Trenton
Vic Trenton
isbn 978-0-670-45193-7
language English
linkedToOtherWorksBySetting Needful Things
The Dead Zone
literaryPeriod Late 20th-century American literature
linked to: American literature
literaryStyle Suspense-driven prose
mediaType Print
narrativePerspective Third-person
notableElement Depiction of rabies
Trapped car siege
pageCount 300
partOf Stephen King bibliography
plotFocus Rabid dog terrorizing a small-town family
precededBy Firestarter
publicationDate 1981
publisher Viking Press
linked to: The Viking Press
settingLocation Castle Rock, Maine
targetAudience Adult readers
theme Family
Fear
Helplessness
Randomness of tragedy
timePeriodOfSetting Late 1970s to early 1980s

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