1987: A three-month exchange to Germany aged 17. Living with a family and going to school. Not a single word of English spoken and feeling completely out of my depth. Having read Christine just before leaving home, buying a German copy and re-reading it with the help of a dictionary. Giving me the confidence to speak, live and dream in another language for the first time. German imbued with a welcome sense of Kingian horror ever since.
JG Rix 
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