Carrie

Carrie White is the girl her classmates single out and her mother keeps under lock, and she is also discovering that she can move objects without touching them. Stephen King's first published novel tells its story partly through reports, letters and inquiry extracts, so the reader knows early that something catastrophic happens and spends the book watching it assemble. The horror is social before it is supernatural: humiliation at school, religious control at home, and one act of apparent kindness that tips everything over. The closing sequence has become among the most recognised in modern popular fiction. Worth noting: • King's debut novel, and the shortest entry point into his work • A documentary-style structure using reports and testimony between scenes • Themes of bullying, control and isolation alongside the supernatural • Hachette edition suited to readers starting a King collection For horror and psychological suspense readers, published by Hachette and available at Boipoka.