Too bad, because CA is above all a story of friendship, which begins at the entrance of adolescence when children collision between the world of great and often evil. Evil in different forms, visible for some evil - children - but not / no longer for others - jaded adults, resigned formatted. Evil most innocuous which here takes the most horrific contours and is perpetuated indefinitely. Evil that shapes us, sickens, fascinates us, we messed up. CA is also child clinging, which makes body through a group of friends who will fight even as the adult world has been there (also with its share of misfortunes). For our club misfire does not hesitate to revive codes, values that large drop with age. To defeat the evil that will not stop abusing us, especially in the form of Gripsou clown.
Children: the headlights of our world? The only people able and willing to fight the dirt that we generate?
Damn: there are years that I read CA and yet I remember almost all character names, for whom I have a very special affection tinged with everything that makes the magic of childhood.
There are many King novels I recommend (Lonely Hearts ..., Pet Sematary, bone bag, etc.). All use horror as a pretext, but strive to treat aspects of life that we all face.
If you love clowns (and you secretly dream of sticking their bread!), Balloons ... and want to make new friends, CA is a must read! And as a bonus you offer a trip to Maine and Derry you will get to know as your pocket.
While AC and three volumes (in paperback) is a sacred snack swallow. True, but that leaves a lasting impression!