"Carrie was King’s first published book but it still stands the test of time – it’s fascinating to see where he started, and how far he’s come."
OK, I might be bending the genre boundary a little bit with this one but it’s the 50th anniversary of the film adaptation (with Sissy Spacek in the title role) this year, so it feels fitting to include the story of Carrie White, a bullied teenager with the gift of telekinesis. To be invited to prom night by Tommy Ross is a dream come true for Carrie, the first step towards social acceptance by her high school colleagues. But events take a horrifying turn on that deadly night as she is forced to exercise her terrible gift on the town that mocks and loathes her…
Carrie was King’s first published book but it still stands the test of time – it’s fascinating to see where he started, and how far he’s come. His backlist now spans more than fifty years and seventy books across multiple genres, and his memoir On Writing is required reading for aspiring authors.
But apparently King thought the first draft of Carrie wasn’t any good and threw the half-completed manuscript in the bin, only for his wife to rescue it and convince him to finish what he’d started. Thank goodness for her intervention…
Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates.
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Stephen King's legendary debut, about a teenage outcast and the revenge she enacts on her classmates. Carrie White may be picked on by her classmates, but she has a gift. She can move things with her mind.
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Carrie was written by Stephen King and published by Anchor Books an imprint of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
Carrie has 304 pages
