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Binding: Mass Market PaperbackDewey Decimal Number: 813.54 EAN: 9780451196712 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0451196716 Label: Signet Manufacturer: Signet Number Of Items: 1 Number Of Pages: 384 Publication Date: April 01, 1999 Publisher: Signet Studio: Signet Related Items:
Browse for similar items by category: Click to Display Editorial Review: Product Description: On the first day of May, 100 teenage boys meet for a race known as The Long Walk. If you break the rules, you get three warnings. If you exceed your limit, what happens is absolutely terrifying... Average Rating:
 Rating:  - Excellent.For all those English Majors out there who think they're too good for so-deemed "pop fiction" like the works of Stephen King... You will likely be surprised at the high brow / philosophical / true-to-life questions King asks us to consider. Rating: - Horror made by humans for humansI found this story by Stephen King a little unusual to his typical style of horror, but nevertheless, I thought it was an excellent idea and a gripping read. The horror in this book doesn't come from ghosts, vampires or an alien force, but from human terror inflicted by an imaginary/future government who organize an annual long walk for teenage boys. The winner has everything to gain and the losers have everything to lose. The Long Walk is a frightening event and along it, the participants must ... Read More Rating:  - An Interesting Journey To Come Along On...This was a fun book to read. Obviously it is very plot-driven, with the theme being the whittling down of 100 contestants in the long walk down to 1, but in between it takes some time to be though provoking - as you dig into the psyches of people who are on the border between life and death. Clearly this was written early in King's career, and it's a bit raw, but for this subject matter that somehow seems appropriate. Perhaps some of the characters are a bit too black and white, but ... Read More Rating: - A classicI read this book 15 years or so ago and just picked it up again to reread. Seems the first time I was reading, my feet and legs actually started to hurt as the story is written with a lot of conviction. My feet and legs did not commit to the same agony as before - likely due to them always feeling tired and sore. All that said, it is a good book and you really find yourself drawn into the Walkers. Rating: - Harrowing concept and compelling characters are burdened by a lack of explanation. Nonetheless enjoyable, and recommendedEvery May, 100 teenage boys (all volunteers) are selected to participate in The Long Walk. The walk begins in Maine and continues without pause until only one walker remains; stopping for any reason incurs a warning, and at three warnings the walker is shot. Ray Garraty is a local participant and a favorite to win, and his long walk takes him through his past, into the reasons he and the other boys are walking, to the final step on the road. The Long Walk is all about concept, character, and motivation, ... Read More 
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