title: The Outsider: A Novel
author:  Stephen King 
description: <b>Praise for<i>The Outsider:</i></b><br /> <br /> "Ajuicy tale that plays at the forefront of our current phobias... [<i>The Outsider]</i>will remind readers of King's early novel <i>It."</i><br /> <br /><b><i>Kirkus Reviews</i><i></i></b><br /><br />What begins as a manhunt for an unlikely doppelgnger takes an uncanny turn into the supernatural. Kings skillful use of criminal forensics helps to ground his tale in a believable clinical reality where the horrors stand out in sharp relief.<br /> <br /><b><i>Publishers Weekly</i></b><br /><br />Absolutely riveting. . . another shockingly dark bookperfect for longtime fans, of whom there are, well, zillions.<br /> <br /><b><i>Booklist</i></b><br /><br />Theres plenty of shadowy, wormy supernatural goings-on in Stephen Kings new novel<i>The Outsider</i>. Yet the most unsettling stuff that which will leave you uncomfortable whenyou sit and devour this first-rate readprobesthe monstrousside of human nature.<br /> <br /><b>Brian Truitt, <i>USA Today</i></b><br /><br />"Do yourself a favor and read the book.<br /> <br /><b><i>Associated Press</i></b><br /><br />An <i>It</i> for the Trump eraremarkable and deeply pleasurable.<br /> <br /><b>Ryan Vlastelica, <i>The AV Club</i></b><br /><br />"Heres to mutant rats in the basement and Mexican myths; heres to the strange and to Stephen King. Still inspiring."<br /> <br /><b>Victor LaValle,<i>New York Times Book Review</i></b><br /><br />"King is arguably as much an American icon as the 68 Fastback or a classic red and white Plymouth Fury. All of these glories are on full display in his latest mystery-horror hybrid<i>...</i>youre in for one hell of a ride.<br /> <br /><b>Karin Slaughter, <i>The Washington Post</i></b><br /><br />King appears to be on a hot streak, that he extends with <i>The Outsider</i>. Big, complex and inventive, its a well-honed continuation of his interest in the intersection of crime and horror fiction, demonstrating his consummate skill with both.<br /> <br /><b>Michael Berry, <i>The Portland Press Herald</i></b><br /><br />"Every time Stephen King writes another book, I worry. Has he gone to the horror well too often? Will it be as good as <i>It</i> or <i>Dolores Claiborne</i> or <i>Doctor Sleep</i> or any of his 50-plus other titles? Luckily, his scary ideas continue to flow unfettered from his mind to the pages, most recently in <i>The Outsider.</i>..masterful.<br /> <br /> <b>Amanda St. Amand, <i>St. Louis Post Dispatch</i></b>
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  Welcome to Chester’s Mill, Maine . . .
  
  
  Dale “Barbie” Barbara: an ex-Army drifter burdened by guilt, he becomes a
  lifeline when his old commander calls on him from outside the dome . . . Big
  Jim Rennie, Sr.: the cold-blooded used car dealer-turned-politician plans to
  make the isolated town into his personal fiefdom . . . Julia Shumway:
  newspaper publisher and Republican to the core, she joins forces with Barbie
  and finds a strength she didn’t know she had . . . Joe McClatchey: the
  thirteen-year-old “King of the Geeks” is smarter than anyone, and proves it in
  a crisis. . . . Their destinies will be decided in an invisible prison that
  holds an entire town captive.
  
  
  UNDER THE DOME
  
  
  Stephen King’s #1 New York Times bestseller . . . his boldest novel since The
  Stand
  
  
  “It has the scope and flavor of literary Americana, even if King’s particular
  patch of American turf is located smack in the middle of the Twilight Zone. .
  . . A spectrum of credible 