The Running Man
Published on 14. June 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
256 pages
978-0-340-95228-3 (ISBN)
Description
Every night the whole nation watches the ultimate live game show on TV, as the contestants try to beat annihilation at the hands of the hunters in order to win the billion dollar jackpot. And now there is a new contestant, the latest "Running Man", staking his life while a nation watches.
Reviews / Votes
'Merely by tickling the keys of his word-processor King can make the flesh creep half a world away' -- The Times 'Stephen King is one of those natural storytellers...getting hooked is easy' -- Frances Fyfield, Express 'An incredibly gifted writer, whose writing, like Truman Capote's, is so fluid that you often forget that you're reading' -- GuardianMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Hodder & Stoughton
Dimensions
Height: 178 mm
Width: 113 mm
Thickness: 17 mm
Weight
130 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-340-95228-3 (9780340952283)
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Schweitzer Classification
Other editions
Additional editions
Richard Bachman | Stephen King
The Running Man
from No. 1 bestseller Stephen King writing as Richard Bachman, and a major film
E-Book
06/2007
Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
€5.99
Available for download
Persons
Under the pseudonym of Richard Bachman, world bestseller Stephen King published five books, including THE RUNNING MAN, THINNER, THE REGULATORS and THE BACHMAN BOOKS. Stephen King was awarded the 2003 National Book Foundation Medal for Distinguished Contribution to American Letters, and was voted Grand Master at the 2007 Edgar Allan Poe Awards. He is the author of more than forty books, all of them worldwide bestsellers. His recent stand-alone novels include DREAMCATCHER, CELL and LISEY'S STORY. He lives in Bangor, Maine, with his wife, novelist Tabitha King.