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The Long Walk
Publication: New York: Signet / New American Library / Times Mirror, 1979. First Edition.
Notes: A recently filmed novel set in a dystopian America where each year 100 men are forced to walk at a steady four miles per hour; if they slacken their pace, they are shot.
According to King's essay, Why I Was Bachman, this is one of the two good novels (the other is Rage) he wrote before Carrie. He started Rage in high school; this is the first novel he finished, in 1967, when he was a college freshman.
[10], 245, [1:blank] pages. Signet J8754. Cover price of $1.95.
Edition + Condition: First edition (first printing with a numberline ending in 1). Very good, with a crease to the upper right front corner, a touch of fading to the spine, light soiling to the rear panel, and light staining to the page edges. Probably better than it sounds.
ISBN: 0451087542
Item No: #302678
Price: $600