Salem’s Lot: An Attempt at the Great American Novel

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Stephen King’s *Salem’s Lot* is more than a terrifying vampire story. Bradley J. Birzer revisits the novel that haunted his childhood and finds in it some of King’s finest writing, particularly his treatment of childhood imagination, courage, and the nature of evil. A reflection on horror, faith, and why some monsters are more frightening when left partly to the imagination.

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