Stephen King's Worst Book?
The Colorado Kid may be the worst Stephen King book ever. Why? Because it is an entire book that tells a story, but doesn't tell the story. The mystery of this novel is told from through the second person. The story and mystery isn't even that interesting.
I think that this book does show that the publicshing world would print anything Stephen King puts his name on. I've noticed that the quality of King's work has gone down over time, but this really seemed to be calling it in.
This book is several years old now, and I picked it up at the Dollar General for $1.25. I know why. The publishing company had a great idea: get famous authors to write old pulp style mystery's. If The Colorado Kid is any indication of the quality of those old pulp fictions, I know why they went out of style.
Next year from Simon and Schuster, The Grocery List, by Stephen King.
