The novel is told through narratives alternating between two periods, and is largely told in the third-person omniscient mode.

“It” primarily appears in the form of Pennywise the Dancing Clown to attract its preferred prey of young children. The story follows the experiences of seven children as they are terrorized by an evil entity that exploits the fears of its victims to disguise itself while hunting its prey. Cohen and a remake series with an ongoing second season on New Line Cinema. Since the book’s publication King’s story has been adapted several times for film and television, including a miniseries which was adapted by Lawrence D. It was one of the best selling novels in the United States of that year and is now considered a “modern masterpiece” of the horror genre in literature. The book was released by Viking on September 15, 1986. It was his 18th novel, and the 13th novel written under his own name.

It is the 22nd book published by Stephen King.