Vintage: Stephen King, Thinner, Softcover. (1985)

$11

Listed 2 weeks ago in Victoria, British Columbia
$11
$ Reduced from $12.00. This is a vintage 1985 mass-market paperback edition of Thinner by Stephen King, published under his pseudonym Richard Bachman. Plot: 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 morbidly obese lawyer Billy Halleck, who, driving carelessly, kills an old Romani woman while she is crossing the street. He escapes legal punishment due to his connections, but the woman's 106-year-old father then curses Halleck to physically waste away, and the lawyer must find a way to undo the curse. King, who was overweight at the time of the novel's writing, created the novel's outline following an annual medical examination.
Signet Edition: This specific copy is a first printing by Signet Books.
Pseudonym: King originally wrote and published this under the name Richard Bachman before his identity as the true author was revealed.
ISBN: 0-451-13796-5, UPC: 07116200450/13796. 318 Pages. Softcover.
Condition: Used, Good. Pages have begun to age beige around edges. Some minor staining. Several Folds and creases on cover & spine.
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