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Book SynopsisThis ';superbly craftedextraordinary' (Booklist) #1 New York Times bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, ';pulsates with evil[and] will have you on the edge of your seat' (Publishers Weekly).Attorney Billy Halleck seriously enjoys living his life of upper-class excess. He's got it allan expensive home in Connecticut, a loving familyand 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 wristmuch to the fury of the woman's 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 Halleckunless he can someho
