{"product_id":"2940170802074","title":"Thinner","description":"The \"extraordinary\" (\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e) novel of one man's quest to find the source of his nightmare and to reverse it before he becomes...nothing at all. This #1 national bestseller from Stephen King, writing as Richard Bachman, \"pulsates with evil...it will have you on the edge of your seat\" (\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBilly Halleck, good husband, loving father, is both beneficiary and victim of the American Good Life: he has an expensive home, a nice family, and a rewarding career. But his is also fifty pounds overweight, heading, as his doctor says, into heart attack territory. One day, in a moment of carelessness, Billy sideswipes an old gypsy woman as she is crossing the street. The woman dies, but Billy has connections and gets off with a mere slap on the wrist. After the trial, the victim's ancient father curses him with a single word: \"Thinner.\" Shedding weight by the week, Halleck is desperate enough for one last gamble...one that will lead him to a nightmare showdown with the forces of evil melting his flesh away.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eBeginning in suburban Connecticut and climaxing in rural Maine, this is a novel of unrelenting terror and growing horror as well as a nightmarish allegory about what lies beyond the limits of American complacency-and the responsibilities of human actions. With an introduction by Stephen King on \"The Importance of Being Bachman,\" \u003ci\u003eThinner\u003c\/i\u003e oozes \"undeniable suspense\" (\u003ci\u003eThe Atlanta Journal-Constitution\u003c\/i\u003e) and \"genuine chills\" (\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e).","brand":"Simon \u0026 Schuster","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47100017443056,"sku":"2940170802074","price":23.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940170802074_p0.jpg?v=1769904891","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940170802074","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}