Richard Bachman
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Description
In an ultraconservative America of the not-too-distant future when America has become a police state, the annual marathon is the ultimate sports competition. One hundred boys are selected each year to enter a grueling 450-mile marathon walk. The game is simple: maintain a steady walking pace of four miles per hour without stopping. Three warnings and you're out--permanently. The winner will be awarded whatever he wants for the rest of his life; but...
4) Thinner
Author
Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
c1984.
Physical Desc
309 pages
Description
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...