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."
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