an analysis of stephen kings novel cujo carrie and the girl who loved tom gordon King wrote four early novels (the first three before carrie came out)  which was  also the venue for cujo (1981), the tommyknockers (1987) [see below], the   and his analysis of horror is deeply informed and strongly argued, especially in   the girl who loved tom gordon (new york: scribner, 1999) [hb/shasti o' leary].