![]() The Institute is a very different sort of book that takes an equally hard look at who - and what - we have become. Last year's Elevation was a lovely, fable-like novella about the divisions running like fault lines through the country. Lately, King has turned his empathetic vision outward, addressing the social and political crises pressing down on us all. More central to his enduring popularity is his ability to create textured, credible portraits of real people beset by appalling circumstances and struggling, often futilely, to survive. But King's ability to generate world-class scares has never been the most important aspect of his work. King once famously remarked on his willingness to "go for the gross-out" in fiction and he has done so to great effect over many books and many years. Beneath its extravagant plot and typically propulsive prose, the book is animated by a central concern that could not be more relevant: the inhumane treatment of children. The Institute is the latest to emerge, and it is classic King, with an extra measure of urgency and anger. Always prolific, King seems to have tapped into a bottomless reservoir of narrative. His output during this period includes more than 20 novels and several collections of short fiction, along with numerous screenplays and assorted nonfiction. The Institute by Stephen King focuses on the inhumane treatment of children - in this case, children with special abilities. ![]()
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