And how significant it is that this horror tale is not supernatural: it's as real as junk food, a failing marriage, a broken-down car, or a fatal virus. Bernard (yes, the breed choice is just right) infected by a brain-destroying virus that makes it into a monster and the way the "daylight burial" of the failed ad campaign is reflected in the sunlit Pinto that becomes a coffin. He had tried to do all the things his MAN and his WOMAN, and most of all his BOY, had asked or expected of him. the Trentons the poignancy of the amiable St. It would perhaps not be amiss to point out that he had always tried to be a good dog. city folk the parallel marriage conflicts of the Cambers vs. When you read it again, you can pay more attention to the theme of country folk vs. This is definitely a novel that rewards re-reading. Left to fend for herself by her workaholic husband, Donna Trenton takes her ailing Pinto to Joe Cambers's garage for repairs-only to be trapped with her son, Tad, in the sweltering car by the Cambers's once-friendly Saint Bernard, Cujo, now a monstrous and rabid killer.Ĭujo is so well-paced and scary that people tend to read it quickly, so they mostly remember the scene of the mother and son trapped in the hot Pinto and threatened by the rabid Cujo, forgetting the multifaceted story in which that scene is embedded.
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