KING, STEPHEN
A landmark in American literature. ? Chicago Sun-Times
It will overwhelm you
Characters so real you feel you are reading about yourself
scenes to be read in a well-lit room only. ? Los Angeles Times
The indisputable King of Horror. ? Time Magazine
A mesmerizing odyssey of terror
King writes like one possessed, never cheats the reader, always gives full measure
He is brilliant
dark and sinister. ? The Washington Post Book World
Vintage King
a magnum opus of terror
just a glance at the first few pages, and you cant put this novel aside. ? St. Louis Post-Dispatch
A great scary book
a nightmare roller-coaster
packed with more chills than a Frigidaire
It turns out to be the monster-dread in us all, the one that refuses to go away. ? San Francisco Chronicle
Epic
gargantuan
breathlessly accelerating suspense
King is our great storyteller
I imagine him as a possessed figure rocking over a smoking word processor, hunting for a beat his sentences can dance to, pounding the shocks and scares like a rock organist laying down the power chords. ? Los Angeles Herald-Examiner
A ghouls delight
a good old-fashioned chill and shiver fest
as creepy as the finest of that genre. ? Kansas City Star
Kings most ambitious project
reads as if written in a white heat! ? San Jose Mercury News
IT exhibits the potato chip syndrome quite simply, you cant read just one page and stop
It is in this novel that King comes out of the closet, a closet jammed and crowded with his own monsters. ? Houston Chronicle