Born in Maine in 1947, Stephen King wrote his first published novel, Carrie, in 1974 and has spent the subsequent half-century documenting the monsters and heroes of small-town America.
His rogues’ gallery of characters runs the gamut from killer clowns and demonic cars to psychotic fans and unhinged populist politicians.
We’re in the spooky house – on the ghost train, if you prefer – for life.
The scares come and go, but everyone likes make-believe monsters to stand in for the real ones.
Trump’s immigration policies didn’t impact the book, because it was written before that incompetent dumbbell became president.
Hopefully, people who read The Institute will find a resonant chord with this administration’s cruel and racial policies.
My mother bolted the GOP the last time she voted and cast a ballot for George McGovern. »