The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger By Stephen King

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In The Dark Tower: The Gunslinger by Stephen King, the gunslinger tries to catch the man in black. The novel is 305 pages long. The book is set in a dystopian parallel universe. The world is similar to our own, having the song “Hey Jude” and its own versions of modern technology. The gunslinger crosses the desert with his mule and he encounters Brown. He tells Brown about what happened in Tull. He questioned the townspeople about a man in black, where he discovers that he brought a man back to life. While in Tull, he spends his time with the barmaid, Alice. She gives him information about the man in black’s visit in town. The gunslinger and the religious leader have an altercation, leading the whole town to turn against him. He slaughters every

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