Carrie at 50: King’s Audacious Debut Novel

The ‘king of horror’ has published more than 60 novels and sold over 350 million books – but it all began 50 years ago with the tale of a teen misfit with telekinetic powers who gets her first period in the school shower. Jessie Thompson looks back on a great, career-making novel (which King’s wife had to salvage from the bin)