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Holly, Stephen King's latest book, is about the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a realistic take on the pandemic and features Holly, a character that previously appeared in the Mr. Mercedes series.
His latest book is called Holly, and instead of rabid dogs or murderous prom queens, it revolves around something very real, the COVID-19 pandemic.
— Episode: Stephen King on Fiction and the Frighten...
Episode: Stephen King on Fiction and the Frightened Brain
Holly, Stephen King's latest book, is about the COVID-19 pandemic. It is a realistic take on the pandemic and features Holly, a character that previously appeared in the Mr. Mercedes series.
His latest book is called Holly, and instead of rabid dogs or murderous prom queens, it revolves around something very real, the COVID-19 pandemic.
Holly was supposed to be a walk on character in Mr. Mercedes. She was this introverted, almost on the spectrum woman who wrote poetry and pretty much stayed in her room and didn't want to have a whole lot to do with people and was kind of this muttering little plain faced woman.
But what I liked about Holly was that with every book you see her come out of her shell more and you see the combination of this person who is timid and a kind of OCD. As I say, she's almost on the spectrum, but at the same time, she's bright and she's brave.
It's it's there's a lot in this book. But but those that issue, what made you decide to go there?
Well, I wanted to write about the COVID period in a very realistic way because Holly was set in the year 2021, which was the height of the COVID epidemic.