'OF MICE AND MEN' BY JOHN STEINBECK SPOILER WARNING BELOW!
Guys have you read this book called 'Of Mice and Men'?
Its a classic by John Steinbeck (published in 1937), and the two main characters are Lenny, a giant of a man, who is terribly strong but has the mentality of a child (i.e. is mentally disturbed), and his friend George, who has basicaly full control over Lenny, for example if he told Lenny to jump off a cliff, Lenny would. The pair go to work on a ranch in America in the Great Depression.
In the end, the 'authorities' (i.e. the ranch owner's son and his workers) chase after Lenny through the woods after he killed the ranch owner's son's wife, until they find him and George himself kills him.
Just to say, I hope King wasn't influenced by it and the whole similarity is a coincidence, because that would be a shame both to
Blaze and King, and as a huge King fan, I would be disappointed
