Christine was the first novel written by Stephen King that I indulged in, and I can confirm that it was the best of the ten or so other King novels I have also read. The story is gripping, extremely narrative, and spares no details. The polt is very fluent and does not leave the reader confused with multiple plot and character development as is prevailant in other King novels. Christine gets my vote as the premier example of Stephen King literature, and it jutifies King's alibi, the Master of Macabre.