{"product_id":"blaze-stephen-king-9781416554844","title":"Blaze","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e A fellow named Richard Bachman wrote \u003ci\u003eBlaze\u003c\/i\u003e in 1973 on an Olivetti typewriter, then turned the machine over to Stephen King, who used it to write \u003ci\u003eCarrie.\u003c\/i\u003e Bachman died in 1985 (\"cancer of the pseudonym\"), but in late 2006 King found the original typescript of \u003ci\u003eBlaze\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eBlaze\u003c\/i\u003e 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003eThe Girl Who Loved Tom Gordon.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Stephen King\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 141655484X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781416554844\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/12\/2007\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 304\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.08lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.67h x 5.82w x 1.15d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/15\/2007 pg. 5\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/21\/2007 pg. 34\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eEntertainment Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2007 pg. 83\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/15\/2007","brand":"Stephen King","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":47474596020479,"sku":"9781416554844","price":40.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_a75929aa-a4ea-46ba-97da-9eacd503942c.jpg?v=1762317711","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/blaze-stephen-king-9781416554844","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}