![]() ![]() “You don’t use it because you expect to be in a crash, but you never know who you might meet coming over a hill on your side of the road. “It’s like a seatbelt,” he says of his dumb self. In his business, being underestimated often proves safer than being clever. Billy likes to put his “dumb self” on display, leaving those who hire him with the impression that he’s not the sharpest knife in the drawer. “Billy Summers” opens with the title character awaiting a client while reading Emile Zola’s “Therese Raquin,” switching the novel for an Archie comic book when the potential customers arrive. Rather, he’s a 44-year-old sure-shot assassin, albeit one who shoots and kills only “bad” people. Billy, however, isn’t an earnest young creative writing student at some community college. King’s new novel, “Billy Summers,” goes all-in in its depiction of a neophyte learning to craft a story. In March’s “Later,” the protagonist’s mother works as a literary agent, her livelihood dependent on the output of a single best-selling author. ![]() This year, King has already delivered one novel with a strong connection to the world of books. Write what you know, right? If only it were that easy. ![]()
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