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“Nobody’s garden had done doodle-squat that year, and the big displays of canning stuff in the Castle Rock Red&White were still there, gathering dust. No one had anything to put up that summer, except maybe dandelion wine.”

Just starting THE BODY, and two pages in, I already see Ray Bradbury’s influence on King’s writing. The style, subject, characters, settings… Shadows edging bright Americana.