![]() ![]() "The Outsider" has a diverse cast of characters, but at its heart is the story of Detective Ralph Anderson. Very few authors do the small town vibe like Stephen King. He's not pretending to be a man of the American Southwest, though the tightly-knit community is still front and center. The subject matter is both brutal and mysterious. King is doing something different with this novel, and it works rather beautifully. ![]() That may sound like a knock, but it's really not. It's not his neck of the woods, and you can feel that from the get-go. With "The Outsider", though, he's taking you into Oklahoma and Texas. King lives/lived in those places and remembers them very well. ![]() ![]() Even "The Shining" (set in Colorado) or "Duma Key" (set in the Florida Keys) have that same vibe. All of those novels set in Maine feel like you could step right into them. What folks tend to overlook when they dismiss King as just a horror writer is how well he spins a yarn and gives you characters to care about in their peril. Everything he touches turns to literary (and often screen) gold. His most famous creations are the stuff of legend in the genre. The Master of the Macabre is a horror writer, yes? Sure he is. ![]()
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