“There’s something quintessentially American about The Stand in the worst way. This is a book that will be loved by people who seriously use the word “heartwarming” (…)
You know, Stephen King has just got this very strange, Americanic weirdness. You could say it’s very unique. It is! His style is very unique. His employment of songs and phrases and weird, strange sayings and rhymes and. . . and goofy sayings and goofy quotes. It’s. . . it’s bizarre.”











