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.
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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Hardback Editions
October 2007 : Library Binding
| Title: Blaze (Center Point Platinum Mystery (Large Print)) Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 1-60285-061-5 / 9781602850613 (USA edition) Publisher: Center Point Large Print Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Blaze: A Novel Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 1-4165-5484-X / 978-1-4165-5484-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Hardback
| Title: Blaze Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 0-340-95222-9 / 978-0-340-95222-1 (UK edition) Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
Paperback Editions
February 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Blaze Author(s): Stephen King ISBN: 0-340-95224-5 / 978-0-340-95224-5 (UK edition) Publisher: Hodder Paperback Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
February 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Blaze Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 1-4165-7298-8 / 978-1-4165-7298-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon + Schuster Inc. Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
January 2008 : Mass Market Paperback
| Title: Blaze Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 1-4165-4858-0 / 978-1-4165-4858-4 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Books Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
January 2008 : Paperback
| Title: Blaze: A Novel Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 1-4165-5504-8 / 978-1-4165-5504-9 (USA edition) Publisher: Pocket Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Paperback
| Title: Blaze Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 0-340-95223-7 / 978-0-340-95223-8 (UK edition) Publisher: Hodder Availability: Amazon Amazon UK More details... |
Audio Editions
January 2008 : Audio CD
| Title: Blaze: A Novel Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 0-7435-7270-X / 978-0-7435-7270-5 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Blaze Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 1-84456-629-3 / 9781844566297 (UK edition) Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton Availability: Amazon UK Amazon CA More details... |
June 2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Blaze: A Novel Author(s): Richard Bachman ISBN: 0-7435-6978-4 / 978-0-7435-6978-1 (USA edition) Publisher: Simon & Schuster Audio Availability: Amazon Amazon CA More details... |
2007 : Audio CD
| Title: Blaze Author(s): richard bachman ISBN: 1-4281-5742-5 / 978-1-4281-5742-2 (USA edition) Availability: Amazon More details... |
Other Editions
June 2007 : Kindle edition
| Title: Blaze: A Novel Author(s): Richard Bachman Publisher: Scribner Availability: Amazon More details... |
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