The Bachman Books
On sale
14th June 2007
Price: £12.99
Includes the story THE LONG WALK. Soon to be a major film from The Hunger Games director Francis Lawrence and starring Mark Hamil (Star Wars), David Jonsson (BAFTA EE Rising Star, Rye Lane), and Cooper Hoffman (Liquorice Pizza, Saturday Night Live).
For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out – and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense.
The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a grueling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition.
Roadwork: An immovable man refuses to surrender to the irresistible force of progress.
The Running Man: TV’s future-favourite game show, where contestants are hunted to death in the attempt to win a $1 billion jackpot.
For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling Stephen King writing under another name. Now the secret is out – and so, brought together in one volume, are these three spellbinding stories of future shock and suspense.
The Long Walk: A chilling look at the ultra-conservative America of the future where a grueling 450-mile marathon is the ultimate sports competition.
Roadwork: An immovable man refuses to surrender to the irresistible force of progress.
The Running Man: TV’s future-favourite game show, where contestants are hunted to death in the attempt to win a $1 billion jackpot.
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A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.
You can't help admiring King's narrative skills and his versatility as a storyteller
An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading
A writer of excellence...King is one of the most fertile storytellers of the modern novel.
You can't help admiring King's narrative skills and his versatility as a storyteller
An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading