“There are worse things than insomnia.”
Some inspired person in the alt.books.stephen-king newsgroup said that Insomnia does for old age what IT does for childhood. I couldn’t phrase it better. Except for the theme of trying to cope with old age, this long novel revolves around a pro-choice, pro-life debate gone insane and around Ralph, who is losing sleep and gaining something else. It starts off rather undramatically and smoothly and gradually works its way ever further from what we call reality, with links to The Dark Tower universe. His then pet subject – men beating women – also finds its way into Insomnia, like a preparation for Rose Madder.