Book · 1984

Thinner

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Availability via OpenLibrary.

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Cautionary moral horror Paranoia spiral Vengeful curse Body horror Slow dread Downward moral accounting

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Release
1984

Synopsis

Thinner is a horror novel by American author Stephen King, published in 1984 by NAL under King's pseudonym Richard Bachman. The story centers on lawyer Billy Halleck, who kills a crossing Romani woman in a road accident and escapes legal punishment because of his connections. However, the woman's father places a curse on Halleck, which causes him to lose weight uncontrollably.

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