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Richard Bachman/Stephen King: Blaze
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Synopsis
The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the first time. Stephen King's "dark half" may have saved the best for last. A fellow named Richard Bachman wroteBlazein 1973 on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to writeCarrie.Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the pseudonym"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript ofBlazeamong his papers at the University of Maine's Fogler Library ("How did this get here?!"), and decided that with a little revision it ought to be published. Blazeis the story of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr. -- of the crimes committed against him and the crimes he commits, including his last, the kidnapping of a baby heir worth millions. Blaze has been a slow thinker since childhood, when his father threw him down the stairs -- and then threw him down again. After escaping an abusive institution for boys when he was a teenager, Blaze hooks up with George, a seasoned criminal who thinks he has all the answers. But then George is killed, and Blaze, though haunted by his partner, is on his own. He becomes one of the most sympathetic criminals in all of literature. This is a crime story of surprising strength and sadness, with a suspenseful current sustained by the classic workings of fate and character -- as taut and riveting as Stephen King'sThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 141655484X
ISBN-13 9781416554844
Key Details
Author Richard Bachman
Number Of Pages 304 pages
Format Hardcover
Publication Date 2007-06-12
Language English
Publisher Scribner
Additional Details
Copyright Date 2007
Dimensions
Weight 17.3 Oz
Height 1.1 In.
Width 6.1 In.
Length 8.5 In.
Target Audience
Group Trade
Classification Method
LCCN 2007-015354
LC Classification Number PS3561.I483B59 2007
Dewey Decimal 813.6
Dewey Edition 23
Contributors
Foreword by Stephen King
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The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the first time. Stephen King's "dark half" may have saved the best for last. A fellow named Richard Bachman wroteBlazein 1973 on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to writeCarrie.Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the pseudonym"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript ofBlazeamong his papers at the University of Maine's Fogler Library ("How did this get here?!"), and decided that with a little revision it ought to be published. Blazeis the story of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr. -- of the crimes committed against him and the crimes he commits, including his last, the kidnapping of a baby heir worth millions. Blaze has been a slow thinker since childhood, when his father threw him down the stairs -- and then threw him down again. After escaping an abusive institution for boys when he was a teenager, Blaze hooks up with George, a seasoned criminal who thinks he has all the answers. But then George is killed, and Blaze, though haunted by his partner, is on his own. He becomes one of the most sympathetic criminals in all of literature. This is a crime story of surprising strength and sadness, with a suspenseful current sustained by the classic workings of fate and character -- as taut and riveting as Stephen King'sThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
Product Identifiers
ISBN-10 141655484X
ISBN-13 9781416554844
Key Details
Author Richard Bachman
Number Of Pages 304 pages
Format Hardcover
Publication Date 2007-06-12
Language English
Publisher Scribner
Additional Details
Copyright Date 2007
Dimensions
Weight 17.3 Oz
Height 1.1 In.
Width 6.1 In.
Length 8.5 In.
Target Audience
Group Trade
Classification Method
LCCN 2007-015354
LC Classification Number PS3561.I483B59 2007
Dewey Decimal 813.6
Dewey Edition 23
Contributors
Foreword by Stephen King
Certain data records © 2013 Bowker. Rights in cover images reserved by owners.
