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Thinner

Author: Stephen King; Richard Bachman
Publisher: New York : Signet Pub. by the Penguin Group, 1985, ©1984.
Edition/Format:   Book : Fiction : Juvenile audience : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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 as a lawyer ... but he is also fifty pounds overweight and, as his doctor keeps reminding him, edging into heart attack country.

Then, in moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street--and her ancient father

"Thinner," the old gypsy man whispers, and caresses his cheek, like a lover. Just one word ... but six weeks later and ninety-three pounds lighter, Billy Halleck is more than worried. He's terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble ... that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away. And away. And away ...  Read more...

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Genre/Form: Juvenile fiction
Additional Physical Format: Online version:
King, Stephen, 1947-
Thinner.
New York : Signet Pub. by the Penguin Group, 1985, c1984
(OCoLC)683097022
Material Type: Fiction, Juvenile audience
Document Type: Book
All Authors / Contributors: Stephen King; Richard Bachman
ISBN: 0451161343 9780451161345 0606007768 9780606007764
OCLC Number: 23991602
Description: 318 p. ; 18 cm.
Responsibility: by Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman.

Abstract:

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 as a lawyer ... but he is also fifty pounds overweight and, as his doctor keeps reminding him, edging into heart attack country.

Then, in moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street--and her ancient father passes a bizarre and terrible judgment on him.

"Thinner," the old gypsy man whispers, and caresses his cheek, like a lover. Just one word ... but six weeks later and ninety-three pounds lighter, Billy Halleck is more than worried. He's terrified. And desperate enough for one last gamble ... that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away. And away. And away ...

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