#1 New York Times bestselling author Stephen Kingâs timeless coming-of-age novella, Apt Pupilâpublished in his 1982 story collection Different Seasons and made into a 1998 Tristar movie starring Ian McKellan and Brad Renfroânow available for the first time as a standalone publication.
If you donât believe in the existence of evil, you have a lot to learn.
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 Dussanderâs dark and deadly pastâŚa decades-old manhunt Dussander has escaped to this day. Yet Todd doesnât 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 powerâand the seductive lure of evil.
A classic story from Stephen King, Apt Pupil reveals layers upon layers of deceptionâand horrorâas finally there is only one left standing.