# Apt Pupil An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

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- Authors: [Stephen King](https://www.bookquiver.com/stephen-king)
- Language: en_US

## Description

<p><b>The No. 1 bestselling author Stephen King's memorable story <i>Apt Pupil - </i>published in his 1982 story collection <i>Different Seasons</i> and made into a movie starring Ian McKellan and Brad Renfro - is now available as a standalone publication.</b><br><br><i>You must know that your fate and my own are inextricably intertwined </i><br><br>Todd Bowden is an apt pupil. Good grades, good family, a paper route. But he is about to meet a different kind of teacher, Mr. Dussander, and to learn all about Dussander's dark and deadly past . . . a decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. <br><br>Yet Todd doesn't want to turn his teacher in. Todd wants to know more. Much more. He is about to face his fears and learn the real meaning of power - and the seductive lure of evil. <br><br><b>A classic story from Stephen King <i>Apt Pupil </i>reveals layers upon layers of deception and horror as the boy and old man hold each other in a mutual death grip. Each knows something the other wants kept secret.</b></p>

## Editions

### Apt Pupil An iconic story from the No. 1 bestseller

- Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
- Medium: ebook
- ISBN: 978-15-2937-928-0
- Published: 2021-09-09
- Language: en_US