Thinner

The €œextraordinary€ (Booklist) novel of one man€s quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes€¦nothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, €œpulsates with evil€¦it will have you on the edge of your seat€ (Publishers Weekly).

€œYou can€t do anything....It€s gone too far. You understand, Halleck? Too...far.€

Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He€s got it all€"an 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 woman€s mysterious and ancient father, who exacts revenge with a single word: €œThinner.€ Now a terrified Halleck finds the weight once so difficult to shed dropping effortlessly€"and rapidly€"by the week. Soon there will be nothing left of Billy Halleck...unless he can somehow locate the source of his living nightmare and reverse what€s happened to him before he utterly wastes away....

€œUnder any name King mesmerizes the reader.€ €"Chicago Sun-Times
€œPulsating with evil . . . Will have you on the edge of your seat!€ €"Publishers Weekly
€œOne of America's top storytellers.€ €"Toronto Star