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{{work|page=The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Drawing of the Three|wppage=The Dark Tower II: The Drawing of the Three}}
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[[File:drawingthree_7881.jpg|frame]]Preceded by ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|The Dark Tower]]''
| title = The Drawing of the Three
| image = drawingthree_7881.jpg
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| author = Stephen King
| central theme =
| elevator pitch =
| genre = Dark fantasy, Horror, Science fiction, Western
| franchise = The Dark Tower
| preceded by = The Dark Tower/The Gunslinger
| followed by = The Dark Tower/The Waste Lands
| publication date = May 1987
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[[File:drawingthree_7881.jpg|frame]]Preceded by ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Gunslinger|The Dark TowerGunslinger]]''
 
Book 2 of ''[[The Dark Tower]]'' series brings the action from a [[After the End|post apocalyptic]] [[Another Dimension|other world]] to ours -- Roland Deschain, [[The Gunslinger]], tries to draw a [[True Companions|ka-tet]] of three to join in his [[The Quest|quest]]: a drug addict, Eddie Dean; a woman with a [[Split Personality]], Odetta Holmes/Detta Walker; and a man named Jack Mort.
 
Followed by ''[[The Dark Tower (Literature)/The Waste Lands|The DarkWaste TowerLands]]''
 
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=== This book contains examples of: ===
 
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* [[Alas, Poor Yorick]]: Eddie does this with {{spoiler|Henry's}} severed head.
* [[Asshole Victim]]: See [[Pocket Protector]] below. {{spoiler|Jack Mort}} definitely had it coming.
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* [[Blasting It Out of Their Hands]]: Roland does this to gangster Jack Andolini. The gun, however, explodes into Andolini's face. Later, he shoots a gun and a knife out of different people's hands in the same encounter.
* [[Cluster F-Bomb]]: Jarring after the first book's use of [[Precision F-Strike]].
* [[A Date Withwith Rosie Palms]]: Detta and Jack Mort celebrate their mischief managed with a little [[Unusual Euphemism|Did-a-cheek]].
* [[Debut Queue]]
* [[Decapitation Presentation]]: During the gunfight, one of Balazar's men throws {{spoiler|Henry}}'s head into the room to distract Eddie.
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