One of King‘s greatest gifts as an author is his ability to write decoy. He doesn‘t cheat to get to his twists and turns and this novella may be his greatest example. By the time Red tells his reader this is a story about himself - “every damned word” - you remember all the foreshadowing a 111 page story provides. It‘s then that you think, “I can‘t wait to get to the last page” all the while thinking, “I can‘t wait to go back and read this again.”