Christina answers “am I the only one having trouble with the...”

Justin Klinger asked this question about Billy Summers:

am I the only one having trouble with the CONSTANT references to Donald Trump in everything King does these days ? I'm enjoying the plot of the book, but i'm 10 percent in, and there have been like 20 mentions of Trump in a book that has nothing to do with politics.

Christina Constant? Come on. It's background noise and I would think it would be hard to write a story set during the T administration that did not mention T or…moreConstant? Come on. It's background noise and I would think it would be hard to write a story set during the T administration that did not mention T or his followers--goodness I still see evidence on the corner of the two main drags in my tiny town. (less)

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Justin Klinger I can give you a list of a thousand authors who managed to pull it off. Maybe King should talk to John Sandford.
Aug 19, 2021 06:14PM · flag

R.A. Lopez @Justin - Right on.
Aug 21, 2021 05:40AM · flag

Jennifer Right? I mean, it's not like King is claiming he won the election or something. Those are the people who are truly obsessed with T. ...more
Nov 25, 2021 04:43PM · flag

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