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What happened: Barbie tries to enlist the help of the dead Sheriff's wife, but to do so he has to tell her exactly what happened in the parking lot Turns out that Angie, the long-dead 'girlfriend' of psychokiller Junior Rennie, mad a pass at Barbara and he rejected. She got back at him by telling everyone he raped her, and that was more than enough for Junior and his buddies -- now all "Deputies" -- to ambush him and kick the crap out of him .. but not until he hurt them all Only the (now dead) Chief's intervention saved his life ... and his escape was stopped by the Dome.
What happened: Barbie tries to enlist the help of the dead Sheriff's wife, but to do so he has to tell her exactly what happened in the parking lot Turns out that Angie, the long-dead 'girlfriend' of psychokiller Junior Rennie, mad a pass at Barbara and he rejected. She got back at him by telling everyone he raped her, and that was more than enough for Junior and his buddies -- now all "Deputies" -- to ambush him and kick the crap out of him .. but not until he hurt them all Only the (now dead) Chief's intervention saved his life ... and his escape was stopped by the Dome.
Some novels are this long and no longer. But in Dome, we're barely a quarter of the way in .. and only now discovering the ugly little truth about Angie and the others. Background/exposition like this is always a bitch to reveal, but King manages to make the lengthy flashback exciting and loathesome all at once ... and you know it's going to go badly from here on in. Every one of the new cops in town hates his guts.
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