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John F.
I like your reference to Stephen King. It is a good reminder that while you can approach this text as a literary novel, it is layered text and can be read quite comfortably in many genres. It is has been classified since its publication by various people as a literary novel, obviously a devil story, a fractured Russian fairy tale and a political allegory to name a few.
I find it to be a very flexible text in that it can be read for many different purposes and different levels of enjoyment vs analysis. If you want to go scholarly the material is there to be worked with, but you can also leave that be and read it as a fun adventure to follow along with.
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