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Blaze: A Novel
by Richard Bachman
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. A small number of superficial marks to both upper and lower boards, possibly the la
- ISBN 10
- 0340952229
- ISBN 13
- 9780340952221
- Seller
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Peasedown St. John, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Hodder & Stoughton, 2007. Hardback in Dust Wrapper.. Very Good — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. A small number of superficial marks to both upper and lower boards, possibly the laminate finish lifting due to poor finishing by the printer, a decent copy otherwise.. First edition (first printing). Hardback in dust wrapper (grey boards with black titling to the spine) Physically 8¾” x 5½” (1 kg); 321pp; Preface by Stephen King; ISBN: 978-0-3409-5222-1 || The book is on my shelves and will be carefully packed and posted from the pastoral paradise of Peasedown St. John, Bath, by a real bookseller in a real book shop - with my personal guarantee and my beady eye on the Consumer Contracts Regulations. REMEMBER! Buying my copy means the bookshop Jack Russells get their supper! My Book #196538|| Condition:
Synopsis
The last of the Richard Bachman novels, recently recovered and published for the first time. Stephen King's "dark half" may have saved the best for last. A fellow named Richard Bachman wrote Blaze in 1973 on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to write Carrie. Bachman died in 1985 ("cancer of the pseudonym"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript of Blaze among his papers at the University of Maine's Fogler Library ("How did this get here?!"), and decided that with a little revision it ought to be published. Blaze is the story of Clayton Blaisdell, Jr. -- of the crimes committed against him and the crimes he commits, including his last, the kidnapping of a baby heir worth millions. Blaze has been a slow thinker since childhood, when his father threw him down the stairs -- and then threw him down again. After escaping an abusive institution for boys when he was a teenager, Blaze hooks up with George, a seasoned criminal who thinks he has all the answers. But then George is killed, and Blaze, though haunted by his partner, is on his own. He becomes one of the most sympathetic criminals in all of literature. This is a crime story of surprising strength and sadness, with a suspenseful current sustained by the classic workings of fate and character -- as taut and riveting as Stephen King's The Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.
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Details
- Bookseller
- BookLovers of Bath
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 196538
- Title
- Blaze: A Novel
- Author
- Richard Bachman
- Format/Binding
- Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good — in Very Good+ Dust Wrapper. A small number of superficial marks to both upper and lower boards, possibly the la
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- ISBN 10
- 0340952229
- ISBN 13
- 9780340952221
- Publisher
- London: Hodder & Stoughton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 2007
- Keywords
- horror literature, horror novels, horror fiction, horror stories, horror writing, horror writers, fictional kidnappings, kidnapping fiction, kidnapping novels, thriller fiction, suspense fiction, american fiction, antiheroes fiction, maine fiction, first
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BookLovers of Bath is set in the pastoral idyll of Peasedown St. John in Somerset (God's Own Country) in the south west of England. My wife and I owned the village Post Office until the modern world caught up with us in 2014. At that point I converted the premises to a small book shop, Fact or Fable, with a stock of around 4,000 titles in stock. I've been selling books worldwide since 1997 and rather hope to get the hang of it shortly…
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