“Stephen King’s The Long Walk—why his debut novel is still so disturbing and relevant”
The inaugural book by Stephen King, The Long Walk, continues to be a chilling exploration of societal themes, human persistence, and the sinister aspects of rivalry, even many years after it first came out.Published under the name Richard Bachman in 1979, The Long Walk presented readers with a haunting depiction of a dystopian United States where young boys engage in a deadly annual walking competition. The disturbing concept of the story, combined with King’s early storytelling prowess, keeps the novel surprisingly pertinent even now. Beyond merely a tale of survival, the book delves into the topics of conformity, authoritarian power,…