Richard Bachman: The Bachman Books, Kartoniert / Broschiert
The Bachman Books
- Publisher:
- Hodder And Stoughton Ltd., 12/2012
- Binding:
- Kartoniert / Broschiert, ,
- Language:
- Englisch
- ISBN-13:
- 9781444723533
- Item number:
- 9542054
- Copyright-Jahr:
- 2012
- Weight:
- 669 g
- Format:
- 200 x 133 mm
- Thickness:
- 50 mm
- Release date:
- 20.12.2012
- Note
-
Caution: Product is not in German language
Short description
The name on the covers was Bachman. But the imagination could only belong to one man: Stephen King.
Description
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.
Review
You can't help admiring King's narrative skills and his versatility as a storyteller Sunday Telegraph
Blurb
Includes the stories 'THE LONG WALK' and 'THE RUNNING MAN'.
For years, readers wrote asking if Richard Bachman was really world-bestselling author 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 gruelling 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.
Publishers Note : Includes The Running Man which is also published as an individual book.
Biography (Stephen King)
Stephen King, geb. 1947 in Portland, Maine, war zunächst als Englischlehrer tätig, bevor ihm 1973 mit seinem ersten Roman 'Carrie' der Durchbruch gelang. Seither hat gilt er als einer der erfolgreichsten Schriftsteller weltweit. Im November 2003 erhielt er den Sonderpreis der National Book Foundation für sein Lebenswerk. Stephen King lebt mit seiner Frau Tabitha in Bangor, Maine.
