SOURCE: "The Unexpected and the Inevitable," in Kingdom of Fear: The World of Stephen King, edited by Tim Underwood and Chuck Miller, New American Library, 1986, pp. 83-95.
In the following essay, McDowell asserts that King's novels are effective because of their rhythm.
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