Thinner

The extraordinary (Booklist) novel of one mans quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomesnothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, pulsates with evilit will have you on the edge of your seat (Publishers Weekly).

You cant do anything....Its gone too far. You understand, Halleck? Too...far.

Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. Hes got it allan expensive home in Connecticut, a loving family...and fifty extra pounds that his doctor repeatedly warns will be the death of him. Then, in a moment of carelessness, Halleck commits vehicular manslaughter when he strikes a jaywalking old woman crossing the street. But Halleck has some powerful local connections, and gets off with a slap on the wrist...much to the fury of the womans mysterious and ancient father, who exacts revenge with a single word: Thinner. Now a terrified Halleck finds the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlesslyand rapidlyby the week. Soon there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck...unless he can somehow locate the source of his living nightmare and reverse whats happened to him before he utterly wastes away....

Under any name King mesmerizes the reader. Chicago Sun-Times
Pulsating with evil . . . Will have you on the edge of your seat! Publishers Weekly
One of America's top storytellers. Toronto Star