From the beginning pages of this heavy tome to its conclusion, King delivers a masterful telling of how a small town might deal with isolation from all outside influences.
Sure, one might say, "Simpsons did it!" but King does it better. His eloquent prose deliciously describes the relationships between man and beast and man and his fellow man. He asks important questions that we should pay attention to and gives metaphors for our own individual and collective isolationism.
Is it good for us to isolate ourselves from outside influences? What happens when we do? What gets cut off? or out? What festers beneath our personal domes? As a country, what happens when we isolate ourselves?
The small town of Chester's Mill is a microcosm that could represent any town or city in the country. It has basic services and a cross-section of people present in most metropolises. The interactions between the people could and would happen just about anywhere. The paranoia and neuroses that King describes are all part of the human condition, and this book is worth at least one read.
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