the makings of a masterpiece

I fully share the opinion of those who believe Stephen King defeated soundly by this admirable novel of pure terror. Indeed, S.King has continued to resume writing procedures of Thomas Tryon, that is to say a very detailed introduction, which takes time to snap up the player in a naturalistic everyday world before to negotiate a rise of Terror by subtle degree of crescendo. But this game, Thomas Tryon proves infinitely superior to Stephen King. It hides so well the issues of the drama that the reader can never anticipate subsequent events. And above all it does not just describe the shock effects, bloody as does his colleague from Maine. Thomas Tryon based his story on a psychological basis, impressive social and anthropological realism. Unlike S.King, he never delves into the horrors before the last third of his novel.
Besides, S.King admits his debt when he wrote the novel "Children of the Corn", a new book published in the famous "Danse Macabre", condensed version of the novel by Thomas Tryon, "Corn Day" but which lacks the essential: the social dimension of the story, meticulous description of a community. The only work that I think is worthy of Tryon's novel is the superb film of Robin Hardy, "The wickerman" (The Wicker Man), released in cinemas at the same time and which described him as a meticulous farming community still alive according to pagan rites. Without the film is an adaptation of the book, the thematic relationship remains troubling.