ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED ON OCT. 8, 2021
By Steve Newton
Had a nice half-hour chat with Linwood Barclay yesterday, and knowing he was pretty fond of Stephen King–who has written cover blurbs for Barclay’s books, and acknowledged that he’s a big fan of the Canuck novelist–I asked him which King book he thought was the horror master’s best.
I told him that my first pick would probably be The Dead Zone, followed closely by The Stand.
“I kind of gravitate towards Pet Sematary,” Barclay replied, “because I think that book is the scariest, and I think it’s the one that really gets you where you live.
“You know, as a parent, if you’ve had kids, and you read that book it really hits home on a very kinda gut level. I don’t know if it’s my favourite of his books or not, but I certainly think it’s the scariest one.”
Barclay had reread a few King novels over the pandemic, including Christine, Pet Sematary, and The Stand, but says that it’s hard for him to pick an all-time favourite because “there’s so many of them that are so groundbreaking.”
For more on Linwood Barclay read my full interview with him here.