Books
August, 1981
Stephen King has gone to the dogs, or rather, the dog. Cujo (Viking) is a 200pound Saint Bernard who, after being bitten by a rabid bat, develops a taste for people and Pintos. For more than 130 pages, this slobbering beast holds a woman and her son hostage in the family car. Most of the tension is visual: King has been watching a lot of movies, and this book reads like a montage of coming-attraction clips to Jaws, Alligator, Grizzly, etc. A man fights off the dog, makes it into his house to saf...
