Super Short Summary

In Cujo by Stephen King, the small town of Castle Rock, Maine, faces terror during the summer of 1980 when a friendly St. Bernard named Cujo contracts rabies and becomes a menacing threat. As Vic Trenton leaves town for a business trip and a marital crisis looms, his wife, Donna, and their son, Tad, find themselves trapped in their broken-down car at Cujo’s owner’s yard, fighting for survival against the rabid dog. The novel contains explicit acts of violence and refers to death by suicide.