I'm from Portland, Maine, back in '74 King published Carrie and it was a genre bestseller. Reading it I thought it would make a great B movie. It made a good mainstream film. A string of very good books and adaptions followed.
It wasnt untll Tommyknockers did I sense a personal note in his fiction. This, despite so many contemporary references and details of American life. Nothing supernatural found here but that makes it more intimate.
I don't think previous reviewers take King seriously. I havent read the source story but I'm convinced this is among his most revealing, personal writings. Separations between individuals, even in marriage, are gulfs to be fathomed and pondered seriously like they are here. This pop fiction comes into Dostoyevsky country.
The best Joan Allen performance that I've noted since her Pat Nixon.
It wasnt untll Tommyknockers did I sense a personal note in his fiction. This, despite so many contemporary references and details of American life. Nothing supernatural found here but that makes it more intimate.
I don't think previous reviewers take King seriously. I havent read the source story but I'm convinced this is among his most revealing, personal writings. Separations between individuals, even in marriage, are gulfs to be fathomed and pondered seriously like they are here. This pop fiction comes into Dostoyevsky country.
The best Joan Allen performance that I've noted since her Pat Nixon.