Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (USA 2016)

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The "extraordinary" (Booklist) novel of one man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes... nothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, "pulsates with evil... it will have you on the edge of your seat" (Publishers Weekly).

You can t do anything It s gone too far. You understand, Halleck? Too far.

Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He s got it all an expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular manslaughter when he strikes a jaywalking old woman crossing the street. But Halleck has some powerful local connections, and gets off with a slap on the wrist much to the fury of the woman s mysterious and ancient father, who exacts revenge with a single word: Thinner. Now a terrified Halleck finds the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlessly and rapidly by the week. Soon there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck unless he can somehow locate the source of his living nightmare and reverse what s happened to him before he utterly wastes away...

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. A Novel. Pocket Books, ISBN: 9781501143762 (April, 2016), 423 p., $9.99.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (USA 2016)

From the Publisher:
The "extraordinary" (Booklist) novel of one man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes... nothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, "pulsates with evil... it will have you on the edge of your seat" (Publishers Weekly).

Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American Good Life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career. But his is also fifty pounds overweight, heading, as his doctor says, into heart attack territory. One day, in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street. The woman dies, but Billy has connections and gets off with a mere slap on the wrist. After the trial, the victim's ancient father curses him with a single word: "Thinner." Shedding weight by the week, Halleck is desperate enough for one last gamble... one that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.

Beginning in suburban Connecticut and climaxing in rural Maine, this is a novel of unrelenting terror and growing horror as well as a nightmarish allegory about what lies beyond the limits of American complacency -- and the responsibilities of human actions. With an introduction by Stephen King on "The Importance of Being Bachman," Thinner oozes "undeniable suspense" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and "genuine chills" (Kirkus Reviews).

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. A Novel. Gallery Books, ISBN: 9781501144523 (March, 2016), 423 p., $18.00.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (USA 2016)

From the Publisher:
The "extraordinary" (Booklist) novel of one man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes... nothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, "pulsates with evil... it will have you on the edge of your seat" (Publishers Weekly).

Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American Good Life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career. But his is also fifty pounds overweight, heading, as his doctor says, into heart attack territory. One day, in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street. The woman dies, but Billy has connections and gets off with a mere slap on the wrist. After the trial, the victim's ancient father curses him with a single word: "Thinner." Shedding weight by the week, Halleck is desperate enough for one last gamble... one that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.

Beginning in suburban Connecticut and climaxing in rural Maine, this is a novel of unrelenting terror and growing horror as well as a nightmarish allegory about what lies beyond the limits of American complacency -- and the responsibilities of human actions. With an introduction by Stephen King on "The Importance of Being Bachman," Thinner oozes "undeniable suspense" (The Atlanta Journal-Constitution) and "genuine chills" (Kirkus Reviews).

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. Scribner eBook, ISBN: 9781501141362 (January, 2016), 2207 KB (ca. 356 p.), $7.99.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (UK 2013)

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'Thinner' - the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek.
Billy Halleck, prosperous if overweight citizen, happily married, shuddered then turned angrily away. The old woman's death had been none of his fault. The courts had cleared him. She'd just stumbled in front of his car. Now he simply wanted to forget the whole messy business.

Later, when the scales told him he was losing weight, it was what the doctor ordered. His wife was pleased - as she should have been. But...

'Thinner' - the word, the old man's curse, has lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, comes violence.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9781444723557 (December, 2012), 352 p., £8.99.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (UK 2007)

From the Publisher:
'Thinner' - the old gypsy man barely whispers the word. Billy feels the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. 'Thinner' - the word, the old man's curse, has lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, comes violence.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. Hodder & Stoughton, ISBN: 9780340952269 (June, 2007), 352 p., £7.99.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (USA 1999)

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Six weeks after an old gypsy man curses Billy Halleck for sideswiping his daughter, he's ninety-three pounds lighter. Now Billy is terrified-and desperate enough for one last gamble that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil that are melting his flesh away.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. Signet, ISBN: 0451161343 (June, 1999), 320 p., $7.99.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (USA 1996)

From the Publisher:
Six weeks after an old gypsy man curses Billy Halleck for sideswiping his daughter, he's ninety-three pounds lighter. Now Billy is terrified-and desperate enough for one last gamble that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil that are melting his flesh away.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. Let the curse fit the crime. Signet, ISBN: 0451190750 (September, 1996), 320 p., $6.99.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner (USA 1994)

From the Publisher:
Six weeks after an old gypsy man curses Billy Halleck for sideswiping his daughter, he's ninety-three pounds lighter. Now Billy is terrified-and desperate enough for one last gamble that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil that are melting his flesh away.

Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman: Thinner. Signet, ISBN: 0451161343 (December, 1994), 320 p., $5.99.