Product Description

"Thinner" - the old gypsy man barely whispered the word. Billy felt the touch of a withered hand on his cheek. "Thinner" - the word, the old man's curse, had lodged in Billy's mind like a fattening worm, eating at his flesh, at his reason. And with his despair, came violence.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #482408 in Books
• Published on: 1986-02-01
• Original language: English
• Binding: Paperback
• 352 pages

Guardian
‘An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading'

Review
‘An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote’s, is so fluid that you often forget that you’re reading’ (Guardian )

‘Astonishingly good...honourable, deeply felt and almost wonderful’ (Independent on HEARTS IN ATLANTIS )

About the Author
Stephen King is the bestselling author of more than thirty books of which the most recent are THE GIRL WHO LOVED TOM GORDON and HEARTS IN ATLANTIS. He lives with his wife, the novelist Tabitha King, in Bangor, Maine.

Customer Reviews

Scary....
Once upon a time Stephen King produced books faster than the market could take them, or so his agent believed. So he got himself a pen name, and wrote books with slightly more attitude. But not very different from what he turned out in his own name, it was still horror, and mostly everyday people in horrific situations.

King was rather young when he wrote this, I mean to remember. Perhaps this is why the pace is so good, the storytelling so direct and the action so in-your-face. In all it's sickening glory, the book it's delicious. The terror is not the gypsys or the curse, but the insane experience the main character have of getting thinner for every minute. King find some room for a rough joke or two, but mostly this is scary as hell.

Not great literature, but what more than a good scare can you demand from a horror novel?

Could NOT put it down..a cliche, i know.
I have read Stephen King books before and found some of them were tough for me to finish (i usually got bored at the slow bits), with the exception of The Shining and Misery. This was different. I was hooked from the start. I didn't find this book slow in the least. I loved it and i will be buying more of his books in the future.

A book that takes you to the edge of insanity.
This book (written under a pen name by Stephen King) shows how a simple idea takes the reader on a trip to insanity, where murder and superstitions rule. The novel follows Bill Halleck after he has been cursed by an old gypsy. Billy who was fat becomes thinner, and does so incredibly fast. The novel can be slow in parts but the incredible twist at the end leaves you gasping in surprise. A must read for any horror fans.