An edition of Thinner (1984)

Thinner

First NEL paperback edition, Thirteenth impression
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An edition of Thinner (1984)

Thinner

First NEL paperback edition, Thirteenth impression
  • 3.6 (28 ratings) ·
  • 251 Want to read
  • 22 Currently reading
  • 76 Have read

'THINNER' - the old gipsy man barely whispered the word. Billy felt the touch of a withered hand, gentle 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 court 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 had ordered. His wife was pleased - as he should have been.

But...'THINNER' - the word, the old man's curse, had lodged in his mind like a fattening worm, eating away at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, came violence.
--back cover

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Language
English
Pages
352

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Cover of: Thinner
Thinner
1985, New English Library
paperback in English
Cover of: Thinner
Thinner
1985, New American Library
mass market paperback in English - First Signet Printing (1)
Cover of: Thinner
Thinner
1984, New American Library
in English
Cover of: Thinner
Thinner
1984, New American Library
in English

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Edition Notes

Published in
London
Copyright Date
1984

Classifications

Library of Congress
PS3552.A2575

The Physical Object

Format
paperback
Number of pages
352

ID Numbers

Open Library
OL53017360M
Internet Archive
thinner0000king_p8j1
ISBN 10
0450058832

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First Sentence

""Thinner," the old Gypsy man with the rotting nose whispers to William Halleck as Halleck and his wife, Heidi, come out of the court-house."

Work Description

Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal punishment because of his connections. However, the woman's father places a curse on Halleck, which causes him to lose weight uncontrollably.

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