About this title: When the perpetually overweight Billy Halleck fatally wounds an old Gypsy woman with his car, her father whispers a one word curse in his ear--"thinner"--and Halleck begins to learn just how extensive weight loss can be.
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Edition: Book Club
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New American Library, New York
Date Published: 1984
Description: Good in Good jacket. Edge wear to boards, rubbing, scuffing, edge wear to dust jacket; The fantasy of becoming trimmer--and happier--turns into a nightmare of unrelenting terror for Billy Halleck who is 50 pounds overweight, sideswipes an old gypsy woman, and receives the maledictive sentence to get ''thinner. '' What will he do when he can't stop losing weight? read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New American Library
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780453004688ISBN:0453004687
Description: Grade: B. Catalog: Fiction Horror Synopsis: 'Thinner, ' the old Gypsy man with the rotting nose whispered, and caressed his cheek, like a lover...Billy Halleck, good husband, loving father, live... read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New Amer Library
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780453004688ISBN:0453004687
Description: Very Good- in Good jacket. Type: Ex-Library All orders shipped media mail the following working day..309 PAGES. After an old gypsy woman is killed by his car, lawyer Billy Halleck is stricken with a flesh-wasting malady and must undertake a nightmarish journey to confront the forces of death. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: NAL (New American Library)
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780450061332ISBN:0450061337
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. Book of the Month Club Edition. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: New American
Date Published: 1984
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Previous owners name inscribed inside front. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Missing Dust Jacket. read more
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Date Published: 1984
ISBN-13:9780453004688ISBN:0453004687
Description: A wonderful copy with some minor edgewear to the cover. Dust Jacket may have chips and close tears. -, Hard Cover, Very Good / Good. read more
"I had a surprisingly hard time putting this down. Someone described it to me as a "lesser" Stephen King work, which is true, and I noticed it was written as a 'Richard Bachman' book. (Oh, if only I knew someone that has read almost every Stephen King book and could tell me why he wrote under a pseudonym after becoming an established author.)
The book is slowly paced but still someone captivating. Sadly the end seemed very rushed -- it was a good enough ending, but fast and anticlimactic."
"Unlike most Stephen King books (in my experience), this one has a main character you can't really bring yourself to like, maybe because this was originally written under King's pen name Richard Bachman. Through all Billy's cursed weightloss, he struggles and works against it, continuing to blame his wife. He never really accepted responsibility for his part in the accident that killed the gypsy woman. His wife was kind of unlikeable, too. Had it not been for their innocent daughter, I wouldn't have cared when they both ate the pie."
"Another great read from the King of horror: Stephen King. This was the first time I read him under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman & was also my first SK bookclub read. To those that haven`t read the book, the story is about an overweight lawyer by the name of Billy Halleck who accidentally knocks down a gypsy woman & kills her. The case goes to court, but it gets away with it (thanks to his friend the judge!). Outside the courtroom the gypsy`s father puts a curse on Billy by putting his finger on his cheek & saying `Thinner`to him. It`s not long before he discovers that he is losing weight & fast. He knows it`s not down to dieting, as he has been eating as heartily as ever, which leads him to ask himself whether the gypsy actually did put a curse on him.
I won`t ruin the rest of the story but just say, that Billy goes on a crazy journey in order to get his curse lifted, & like any man (or woman) that is fighting to stay alive, he will do just about anything to survive! The ending is an unexpected one, but just highlights the fact that fate has a way of catching up with you, no matter how hard you try to run away from it."
"Read by Joe Montagna, this story was originally published under the Bachman name, and was the one that finally uncovered Richard Bachman's true identity. While it has the dark perspective of all Bachman books, but is overall more like traditional King horror.
I do have to keep reminding myself that Spenser will not be showing up in this story because Montagna has read dozens of those books, and his voice has become Spenser's in my head.
I love this story . . . the fat suburban lawyer whose refusal to take responsibility ends up busting him in the end, after much horrific action and the loss of all he holds dear . . . the gypsy is right: No push, white man from town. No push!!!"
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