Connection To King's Other Works
- In the novel, Ellen Carver mentions reading the paperback Misery in Paradise (presumably by Paul Sheldon, the main character in Misery).
- The character Cynthia Smith was one of the "almost" victims of the lunatic Norman Daniels in the King's novel "Rose Madder".
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